The defendant in this Case in front of the United States District Court of Columbia, led the largest Pakistani migrant smuggling operation at the time of the life of the conspiracy. Throughout his 2-year prolonged criminal activity, the defendant has procured the illegal entry of between twenty-five to ninety-nine smuggled migrants. The journey of the migrants began in Pakistan, continued through Central America with the final destination being the United States of America. In March 2014, Agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement “ICE” were informed of the ongoing migrant smuggling operation into the United States. In July 2015, Agents of the “ICE” were tasked with this operation and conducted interviews with smuggled migrants who identified the defendant as their smuggler. Based on extensive information gained through the interviews with the smuggled migrants and complemented by other sources, the US gathered sufficient evidence for extradition of the defendant to the States to stand trial at the US District Court of Columbia.

The evidence submitted by the US government suggests that the defendant abused the migrants' vulnerable position by taking away their passport upon arrival in a safe house in Brazil. From that moment on, the defendant restricted migrants' ability to move, and the defendant completely controlled their movement throughout the journey.

Additionally, the evidence suggests that the majority of the migrants smuggled by the defendant were in an economically deprived situation due to spending most, if not all, of their savings for paying a 'handsome' price for the defendant's smuggling service. The Court emphasizes that despite the large sum of money the defendant asked for each smuggled migrant to pay, which was between 3.000-15.000$ per individual, the smuggled migrants endured months of life-threatening, uncertain travel throughout Central America by land, air and sea. The average journey of a migrant smuggled by the defendant took up to 9 months. The Case discusses that on their crossing to the States, the smuggled migrants, with their genders undisclosed by the Court, were forced to spend days in crowded boats while crossing through Columbia. Throughout the migrants' journeys through Central American countries and their stays in safe-houses in El Salvador, Panama, Guatemala, Argentina and several other countries - the smuggled migrants continuously spent their life in uncertainty. Every next step on the journey wholly depended on the defendant's ability to pay his co-conspirators to facilitate their movement. The defendant, hereby, worked with several co-conspirators, who were located throughout countries in Central America, in a hierarchical manner, of which he was the leader of. His co-conspirator facilitated the smuggled migrants' movement, managed safe houses at various locations (e.g. Guatemala, Panama) and fulfilled other organizational tasks over which the defendant had full authority over.  The smuggled migrants furthermore faced with passages through the jungle in the Darien Gap, a place known for harsh and life-threatening conditions. Throughout their route through the jungle, witnesses report little, if any access to food and water. The defendant did not inform the smuggled migrants about the long and harsh conditions they would face on their way to the States.  The Court applied aggravating circumstances to the defendant's sentence due to his leadership role and his disregard of safety and security of the smuggled migrants throughout their journey.