What began as a promising opportunity towards a better life turned into a harrowing ordeal for Junaeid Hossain Parbez Ariyan, 25, of Narsingdi’s Belabo.
We need to address the root cause of trafficking
Fooled by a gang, a widow in Chuadanga got her daughter married to a Chinese national named Cui Po Wei on July 1 last year, hoping that she would rise out of poverty.
"Scorpion", whose real name is Barzan Majeed, was arrested in the city of Sulaimaniyah at Interpol's request, said security forces spokesperson Salam Abdel Khaleq to AFP.
The name of the route is "Game". It may sound like a video game. However, it's the name of a house where trafficking victims are gathered before starting a boat journey in the Mediterranean Sea
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A so-called broker in Dhaka promised Rasal Miah he would be taken to Malaysia and given a job at a construction site.
The US is upgrading Malaysia from lowest tier on its list of worst human trafficking centres, a move that could smooth way for an ambitious US-led free-trade deal with the Southeast Asian nation and 11 other countries.
Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested five members of an international human-trafficking syndicate and seized 195 passports from their possession in Uttara of Dhaka.
Law enforcers arrest two alleged human traffickers from Teknaf and Ramu in Cox’s Bazar.
Southeast Asian countries launch a fund to share the cost of hosting human trafficking victims, after a regional migrant crisis saw victims ping-ponged between countries reluctant to accept them.
National Human Rights Commission Chairman Mizanur Rahman says a section of private manpower recruiting agencies are practicing “modern slavery trade”.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says in parliament that her government has directed the law-enforcement agencies to show 'zero tolerance' against human traffickers.
Criminal Investigation Department claims to have detained four human traffickers from a travel agency office in Motijheel area of Dhaka. Around 1,000 passports seized from them.
At least 21 bodies believed to be of human trafficking victims are brought to Kampung Tualang of Pahang state in Malaysia for a mass burial this morning.
Thirty-seven more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who are rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21, returned to the country.
Chief of the UN refugee agency slams Bangladesh government’s role in curbing human trafficking.
