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Suspected human trafficker held, 4 rescued in Baridhara DOHS

A suspected human trafficker was detained and four people were rescued during a Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) raid of a travel agency office in the capital's Baridhara DOHS area.

8 ‘human trafficking’ gang members held

Rapid Action Battalion says they held eight members of a gang that used to traffic women to different dance clubs and bars in countries in Middle East Asia.

3 human traffickers held in Dhaka

Rapid Action Battalion claims to have arrested three human traffickers in a drive at Khilgaon in Dhaka as they were planning to send some Rohingyas abroad illegally.

Editorial / Fighting human trafficking

Despite the continuous hue and cry about human trafficking (in the media), very little has actually been done to fight the menace...

Female human trafficker held in Teknaf

Law enforcers detain an alleged female human trafficker in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Top human trafficker held in Cox’s Bazar

A top human trafficker is arrested by the police from Nayarpara village in Teknaf upazila.

3 'human traffickers' held in Dhaka

Police detain three suspected members of an international human trafficking gang from different parts of the capital including Uttara, Banani and old part of Dhaka.

'Top leader' of trafficking gang held in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest an alleged top leader of an international human trafficking gang in Ukhia upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

‘Human trafficking ringleader’ held in Teknaf

Law enforcers claim arrest of an international human trafficking gang’s ringleader in Teknaf of Cox’s Bazar.

June 15, 2015
June 15, 2015

Malaysian trafficking ring kingpins’ cover blown

Malaysian businessmen are kingpins of network involved in trafficking of Bangladeshi migrants and Rohingyas at Malaysian-Thai border, police say.

June 13, 2015
June 13, 2015

Human trafficker held in Ctg

Police detain leader of an organised human trafficking gang from a residential hotel in Chittagong city.

June 12, 2015
June 12, 2015

Rape–another crime of human traffickers at sea

An investigative report by this paper has unraveled the horrifying sexual abuse of Rohingya women while they make their perilous trips at sea.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

Man behind the misery of 52 families (video)

A resident of Charfashion's Uttar Mangal village in Bhola district, Broker Faruque Hossain confesses about his human trafficking crimes to the law enforcers in front of The Daily Star.

June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015

Trafficking suspect reveals ‘police bribes’

Arrested trafficker in Myanmar accuses local police and defence volunteers of Thailand’s western Kanchanaburi province of taking bribes to facilitate his illegal trade

June 7, 2015
June 7, 2015

The fake pictures of the Rohingya crisis

The plight of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar has been in the spotlight last month after thousands of migrants have been left stranded at sea but not all the images being shared online are what they seem to be.

June 7, 2015
June 7, 2015

4 ‘traffickers’ held in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest four suspected human traffickers in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

June 4, 2015
June 4, 2015

Majority of 700 are Bangladeshi: Myanmar

Myanmar officials says most of the 700 migrants found adrift on its waters a week ago identified themselves as Bangladeshi, after they were driven to a camp near the border.

June 3, 2015
June 3, 2015

‘Wanted trafficker’ arrested in Cox’s Bazar

Police arrest a wanted human trafficker who is also a Union Parishad member in Cox's Bazar Sadar upazila.

June 2, 2015
June 2, 2015

Hollywood actor Matt Dillon visits Rohingya camp (video)

American actor Matt Dillon put a rare star-powered spotlight on Myanmar's long-persecuted Rohingya Muslims, visiting a camp for tens of thousands displaced by violence.