Human Trafficking Act

Human trafficking rife, conviction rare

Only one person was convicted in a human trafficking case in Bangladesh in 2020, according to a UN report highlighting the concern over low convictions of the crime.
27 January 2023, 01:20 AM

The Iranian nightmare

Trafficking syndicate, with help of 2 Dhaka airport staffers, confine, torture Bangladeshi migrants, reveals CID
26 January 2023, 18:00 PM

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...
1 April 2016, 18:00 PM

Female human trafficker held in Teknaf

Law enforcers detain an alleged female human trafficker in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.
6 February 2016, 07:07 AM

4 ‘Adamya Bangladesh’ officials get bail

A Dhaka court grants bail to four “Adamya Bangladesh” officials in a case filed under the Human Trafficking Act.
19 October 2015, 13:14 PM

A grave trafficking crisis

The 'discovery' of yet more mass graves along the heavily-forested Malaysia-Thailand border makes the case that the Southeast Asia human trafficking disaster is far from being over.
24 August 2015, 18:00 PM

To combat human trafficking

A series of news on human trafficking across the sea route of Cox's Bazar have been getting highlighted in national and international media in recent days.
15 June 2015, 18:00 PM

Should fortune-seekers be punished?

In 2012 the Parliament criminalised human trafficking by enacting the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act.
26 May 2015, 18:00 PM