human traffickers
30 Rohingyas rescued from 'traffickers'
Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday rescued 30 Rohingyas, including women and children, from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar while they were being trafficked to Malaysia.
5 ‘listed’ traffickers held in Cox’s Bazar
Police detain five suspected human traffickers during crackdowns at different places in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
Unregistered Rohingya among 150 repatriated Bangladeshis
Detectives have identified an unregistered Rohingya among the 150 Bangladeshis, who were repatriated from Myanmar on Monday after months of ordeal.
3 ‘traffickers’ held, 2 victims rescued in Dhaka
The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detain three alleged human traffickers and rescue two victims in separate places in the capital.
Bangladesh suggests 'external factors' for trafficking, migration
Bangladesh insists that poverty is not necessarily the main driver pushing her people into the hands of traffickers.
TORTURED, KILLED AND ABANDONED
On May 1, 2015, a shallow mass grave was discovered by some villagers collecting mushrooms deep inside a jungle of Thailand's Songkhla province.
Only 1 body per grave found at trafficking camps: Malaysia
The 139 graves uncovered near people-smuggling camps in northern Malaysia appear to hold only one body each, says Malaysia's deputy home minister.
Should fortune-seekers be punished?
In 2012 the Parliament criminalised human trafficking by enacting the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.
An insensitive remark
WE find the prime minister's remarks on taking steps against illegal migrants along with human traffickers inhumane and insensitive.
Diplomats to determine ‘Bangladeshis’ in Malaysia mass graves
Bangladesh High Commission will be in touch with Kuala Lumpur to determine whether the mass graves, believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants in Malaysia, are of Bangladesh citizens.
Fake government officials being trafficked abroad
AMIDST the grisly reports of human trafficking through the seas comes another shocker : Bangladeshis, posing as government officials, entering foreign countries with fake passports.