Arrested trafficker in Myanmar accuses local police and defence volunteers of Thailand’s western Kanchanaburi province of taking bribes to facilitate his illegal trade

Myanmar police arrest more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year but no cases have been uncovered in Rakhine state where persecuted Rohingya have fled in droves.

A suspected member of an international human trafficking gang is allegedly killed in a ‘gunfight’ with rivals in Alikhali Lobonmath area in Teknaf upazila.

A total of 150 Bangladeshi trafficking victims rescued by Myanmar navy on May 21 finally return home.

Police arrest four suspected human traffickers in Teknaf upazila of Cox’s Bazar.

Thailand's junta leader says government officials involved in human trafficking would not be spared, vows to "eradicate" the industry.

Myanmar officials says most of the 700 migrants found adrift on its waters a week ago identified themselves as Bangladeshi, after they were driven to a camp near the border.

Thai army officer faces 13 charges over his alleged role as the ringleader of a major trafficking operation in southern Thailand of the Rohingya and other migrants while a court rejected his bail plea.

Armed forces chief will meet with inspector-general of police to discuss how military can play a bigger role in border security, Malaysian defence minister says.

A top army officer of Thailand, Lt General Manas Khongpaen, turns himself in days after a Thai provincial court allowed police to arrest him over his alleged involvement in trafficking of Rohingyas and other boatpeople, The Guardian reports.

Duong was 18 and looking forward to seeing a new place and meeting new people when she set out with her aunt Mai and Mai’s boyfriend Lap to see his parents in Vinh Phuc Province. For a Dao minority girl from the rural district of Yen Binh in Yen Bai Province, it was like traveling into another country, and she was excited.

“My arms and legs were tied in such a way that it was impossible for me even to change sides without help,” said Jewel, who was abducted and held captive by human traffickers in November last year.

Bangladeshi trafficking victims after verification will be brought back to the country in a month, says Foreign Secretary Shahidul Haque.

A Songkhla province court approves an arrest warrant for a top army officer accused of smuggling Rohingya Muslim migrants into Thailand.

Migrant rights workers launch hotline numbers in Bangladesh and Malaysia to facilitate the passage of information of the rescued trafficking victims to the aggrieved families.

Myanmar's navy refuses to let journalists approach a island where over 700 migrants are said to be held.

The Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) members detain three alleged human traffickers and rescue two victims in separate places in the capital.

The Indian cabinet approves two separate agreements, to be signed during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Dhaka next week, to fight human trafficking and introduce coastal shipping service with Bangladesh.

Myanmar and Bangladesh agreed to address the "root causes" of a migrant exodus at talks in Bangkok.

Australia pledges grant of $5 million Australian dollars in humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar and Myanmar's Rakhine state.