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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.

May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015

Entire communities in Thailand helping traffickers: BBC

As the trade in human beings becomes more and more profitable, the BBC's Jonathan Head discovers that entire communities in Thailand are helping the traffickers.

May 22, 2015
May 22, 2015

Playing with words or playing with fire?

With each get-away of the diabolical masterminds and perpetrators of the hackings, the vicious cycle of impunity gets an oxygen of support to spring more lethal surprises...

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

Child migrants: 'No father, no country, no home' (video)

Hundreds of migrants found by the BBC last week in a boat drifting off the coast of Thailand have been rescued by Indonesian fishermen.

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

Malaysia orders search and rescue for migrant boats

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has said his country will conduct search and rescue missions for Rohingya migrant boats in the Andaman Sea.

May 19, 2015
May 19, 2015

Asia boat migrants: UNHCR offers Malaysia help

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) offers to help Malaysia handle a migrant crisis that has left thousands stranded at sea.

May 15, 2015
May 15, 2015

Free/r movement of human capital is a necessity

They are not thieves, robbers or pirates but desperate jobseekers ready to give service in exchange for something to live on.

May 14, 2015
May 14, 2015

1,466 Bangladeshis in Malaysia detention centres

Out of 13,321 immigrants in 12 detention camps, 1, 466 are from Bangladesh, reports the Star’s Bahasa Malaysia portal MStar.

May 13, 2015
May 13, 2015

Bangladeshi job seeker found naked, beaten up,tied to chair in Shah Alam,Malaysia

A Bangladeshi job seeker is found naked, beaten up and tied to a chair in Shah Alam area in Malaysia, reports Malaysian daily, The Star.

May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015

3 human traffickers held in Ctg

Police arrests three suspected human traffickers and seized 32 fake passports from their possession in Halishahar area of Chittagong.

May 12, 2015
May 12, 2015

‘Trafficker’ killed in ‘gunfight’ with Cox’s Bazar cops

An alleged human trafficker is killed in a “gunfight” with police in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila, says Kazi Motiul Islam, officer-in-charge of Sadar Police Station.