5 human traffickers arrested
Rab arrested five alleged human traffickers raiding a fraudulent recruiting agency office and a flat in the capital's Uttara on Monday.
The arrestees are Abdul Latif, 45, Shohidul, 44, Shilpi Akter, 22, Shima Akter Moushumi, 19, and Rina Begum, 30.
On information, a team of Rab-2 conducted a drive at a flat in Turag area and arrested the three female traffickers.
Nine female fortune seekers were also rescued from there, said Rab officials.
Following information gleaned from them, the team carried out a search in the office of Al Tech Recruiting agency at Sector-10, and arrested Latif, manager of the agency and Shohidul.
They also seized around 195 passports, two computers and a laptop.
Rab said local agents of the agency bring women in Dhaka luring them with high salaried job abroad in exchange of money ranging from Tk 20,000 to Tk 50,000.
Later they confine the women in that flat until their departure, Rab added.
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