human trafficking

Human trafficker held in Moheshkhali

Police arrests a ringleader of human trafficking gang with arms in Moheshkhali upazila of Cox's Bazar.
10 May 2015, 14:49 PM

Boat carrying Rohingya migrants rescued off Indonesia

A boat carrying about 500 members of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim community has been rescued off northern Indonesia.
10 May 2015, 11:13 AM

‘Thai trafficker’ arrested, 2 others surrender

A suspected human trafficker is arrested and two wanted others involved in the crime surrendered before police in Satun province
10 May 2015, 10:15 AM

They starved us and threw the dead overboard, says victim

Death, hunger and torture were all part of Bangladeshi national Mohammad Rashid’s arduous sea journey from Teknaf to Malaysia.
9 May 2015, 07:17 AM

Thailand questions 117 migrants from Bangladesh, Myanmar

Thai authorities question more than 100 migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar discovered in Thailand’s south to determine whether they were victims of human trafficking.
9 May 2015, 04:24 AM

Thai police arrest mayor over human trafficking

Thai police arrest the mayor of Padang Besar, southern border sub district, alleging he is the key player of human-trafficking ring and detention camps where graves of Rohingya muslim have been found, reports phuketwan.com.
8 May 2015, 12:31 PM

Bangladesh envoy visits Thai mass grave

Bangladesh Ambassador to Thailand, Saida Muna Tasneem visits the first mass grave of human trafficking victims in Southern Thailand.
8 May 2015, 05:10 AM

3 traffickers killed in ‘gunfight’ with cops in Teknaf

Three alleged human traffickers are killed in ‘gunfight’ with police in Teknaf upazila of Cox's Bazar. Four policemen were also injured in the incident.
8 May 2015, 03:48 AM

Mexico rescues more than 100 kidnapped migrants

Police in Mexico rescues more than 100 migrants kidnapped by a human trafficking gang near the capital.
7 May 2015, 15:17 PM

70pc of trafficked victims are female

Every year 2.5 million people fall victims to the clutches of human trafficking, 70% of which are female.
5 May 2015, 08:40 AM

US calls for speedy inquiry into Thai mass grave

The United States, which censures Thailand for failing to act against human trafficking, called on Monday for speedy and credible inquiry into discovery of a mass grave containing more than two dozen bodies thought to be of ethnic migrants.
5 May 2015, 05:36 AM

Mass graves in Thailand

At least 32 mass graves of victims of trafficking from Bangladesh and Myanmar were found two days ago in an abandoned jungle in southern Thailand...
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

4 arrested in Thailand mass grave case

Four people are apprehended and arrest warrants issued over human trafficking in the Southern region of Thailand after a mass grave was discovered in Songkhla province along the Thai-Malaysia border.
4 May 2015, 08:33 AM

Slave Trade Booms In Dark Triangle

Promising jobs in Malaysia, transnational human traffickers held about 2.5 lakh Bangladeshis captive in Thailand...
3 May 2015, 18:00 PM

Human trafficking 2nd most int’l profitable crime

Illicit drugs, human trafficking and illicit wildlife trade are the three most international profitable crimes.
3 May 2015, 09:40 AM

2nd Thai jungle camp holds more bodies, villagers say

Villagers may soon lead authorities to another traffickers' jungle camp in southern Thailand holding even more bodies than the 26 uncovered in the first after two days of digging. Yesterday, Thai authorities found 32 graves suspected to be of trafficked victims from Myanmar and Bangladesh in an abandoned jungle camp.
3 May 2015, 04:25 AM

12 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia

Twelve fortune seekers are rescued from a remote area in Banshkhali upazila of Chittagong early today while being trafficked to Malaysia.
2 May 2015, 07:53 AM

Bangladeshi migrants' mass grave in Thailand!

Bangladeshi migrant is found alive in mass grave that was discovered yesterday on a remote and rugged mountain in border district Sadao,Songkhla in Thailand.
2 May 2015, 05:48 AM

Endorsing anti-trafficking law

IN this present era human trafficking, a worst form of human degradation extends its malevolent drives more than ever to confine the human souls and their physical movement.
30 March 2015, 18:00 PM

52 rescued while being trafficked to Malaysia

Law enforcers, in separate drives, have rescued 52 fortune seekers from Dhaka, Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar while allegedly being trafficked to Malaysia
23 March 2015, 10:19 AM