Egypt jobs: charges
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LONDON POLICE are investigating the affairs of a company which has been trying to recruit British One of the directors of the company, Mohammed Has sona, was charged last week with conspiracy to obtain money by criminal deception.
The police investigation into the company is continuing. The officer responsible is Det. Sgt. Wood at Holborn police station.
The company, Express Carrier Caro Cairo, offered earn ings of at least £24,000-a-year to drivers willing to make one round trip between Alexandria and Cairo, approximately 400km, six days a week, with substantial overtime available.
All the company required from drivers was £482 to cover air fares and administrative costs.
Advertisements (above) appeared in The Standard even
ing newspaper in London on November 16 and 19, and notices were stuck inside telephone kiosks at Toddington services on the Ml.
The Toddington notices urged drivers to contact the company by phone or call in at 72 Clapham Common North, London.
Drivers who phoned the company were invited for an in terview. One driver who attended last week said around 20 drivers turned up at the same time for what turned out to be a briefing meeting. There was a map of Egypt in the office and a plan of a transport hgv drivers to work in Egypt.
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The men were given contract documents headed "Contract Agreement for Overseas Workers", which covered items including pay, accommodation and ill health.
They were told that the work was to clear a logjam at Alexandria docks.
A company spokesman at Clapham told CM's reporter on Monday that although more than 100 drivers had been sought, the deal is now off, and the agent who wanted drivers would be looking for drivers in another country.