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The Saudi sponsorship regime as John Kiriakou describes it — a Saudi national must own the majority of any company a foreigner works for, that sponsor holds the worker's passport, and a falling-out leaves the worker under effective house arrest, which he says is how South Asian women brought in as domestics are kept as sex slaves.
The kafala sponsorship system is the arrangement governing foreign workers in Saudi Arabia, which John Kiriakou confirmed and described in September 2025 when a viewer asked whether it was true that a worker is assigned a handler, has their passport taken and can leave only with permission.
His answer was one word — “Yes, that is true” — and both hosts agreed it is “a serious human rights problem.”[1]
How it works
“You have to be sponsored. So you have to say on your visa application who your sponsor is. A Saudi has to be the majority shareholder of whatever company you’re working for.” There is no way around it: “you can’t just go to Saudi Arabia and say, I’m going to open an LLC and we’re going to make widgets. Uh-uh. You’re going to open an LLC that you own 49% of. Some random Saudi is going to own 51%.”[2]
The leverage is documentary. “The Saudi is going to hold your passport. And if he doesn’t like your face, or you have a fight or a falling out over money, then you’re essentially under house arrest because you can’t go anywhere.”[2]
What Kiriakou says it is used for
He does not leave the consequence abstract. “That’s how they keep especially South Asian women as sex slaves. They hire them as domestics, nannies, English teachers, and then they arrive” — the sponsor takes the passport, and the arrangement becomes something else entirely.[3]
His assessment of the country that runs it is unqualified — “I hated it there” — and his aside on the relationship is a single line: “good thing we’re so close to them.”[3][4]
Sourced from John Kiriakou's on-record public statements. See his profile for the full body of his interviews, podcast appearances, and short-form video.
