Dhaka seeks Interpol red alert for 5 human traffickers | The Business Standard
Skip to main content
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Saturday
July 19, 2025

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Latest
  • Economy
    • Banking
    • Stocks
    • Industry
    • Analysis
    • Bazaar
    • RMG
    • Corporates
    • Aviation
  • Videos
    • TBS Today
    • TBS Stories
    • TBS World
    • News of the day
    • TBS Programs
    • Podcast
    • Editor's Pick
  • World+Biz
  • Features
    • Panorama
    • The Big Picture
    • Pursuit
    • Habitat
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Mode
    • Tech
    • Explorer
    • Brands
    • In Focus
    • Book Review
    • Earth
    • Food
    • Luxury
    • Wheels
  • Subscribe
    • Get the Paper
    • Epaper
    • GOVT. Ad
  • More
    • Sports
    • TBS Graduates
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • Gallery
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Magazine
    • Climate Change
    • Health
    • Cartoons
  • বাংলা
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025
Dhaka seeks Interpol red alert for 5 human traffickers

Crime

Zia Chowdhury
16 November, 2020, 08:00 pm
Last modified: 16 November, 2020, 08:13 pm

Related News

  • CID seizes Tk400cr assets of ex-minister Golam Dastagir Gazi in Rupganj
  • Victims demand justice against BSB Global's Khairul Bashar
  • CID arrests BSB Global Network Proprietor Khairul Bashar in money laundering case
  • Govt to settle TNZ workers’ dues by 7 days; going after owner through Interpol
  • CID detains 'China Sohel', a fugitive accused in July uprising

Dhaka seeks Interpol red alert for 5 human traffickers

The maiden Bangladeshi individual with human trafficking charges has already featured in the Interpol red notice corner      

Zia Chowdhury
16 November, 2020, 08:00 pm
Last modified: 16 November, 2020, 08:13 pm
Logo of Interpol
Logo of Interpol

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has requested the International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) to issue red notices for five Bangladeshi citizens who are on the run with human trafficking charges.

Sayeda Zannat Ara, special superintendent of police to the CID Special Crime Unit, confirmed it to The Business Standard Monday.  

Although the CID did not disclose the names to the media, it is assumed that the individuals could be associated to human trafficking to Libya and massacre of at least 26 Bangladeshi nationals in the North African country in last May. Subsequently, law enforcers launched coordinated raids in the country and claimed to have busted several national and international trafficking gangs.      

The Business Standard Google News Keep updated, follow The Business Standard's Google news channel

The CID puts the request to Interpol through its Bangladesh office National Central Bureau at the police headquarters in Dhaka.

Assistant Inspector General of the bureau Mohiul Islam also told TBS that they had already sent the traffickers' information to Interpol. "In reply, Interpol asked for more details about them by 10 December this year," he added.

CID official Zannat Ara said they were collecting information and they would submit it to the bureau by the date.

In the first week of November, Minto Mia, a 41-year old man, became the first human Bangladeshi trafficker featuring in the red notice corner of Interpol upon the request of the CID.  

The Interpol describes Minto as deceiving and alluring targets with promises for suitable job, wrongfully confining and killing for ransoms through an organised human trafficking racket.

About Minto, CID official Syeda Zannat Ara said he is one of the six traffickers that Bangladesh asked Interpol to put on its wanted list.

She said the traffickers tricked people by taking money with promises to give them lucrative jobs in Europe. But, they would be held hostage and tortured for ransom once the aspirant migrants left the country for their dream jobs.     

Interpol red notices are issued for fugitives wanted either for prosecution or to serve a sentence. A Red Notice is a request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending extradition, surrender, or similar legal action.

CID official Zannat Ara said putting the details on the Interpol website will restrict their movements in their host countries. "And, once they are arrested in any Interpol member state, we will initiate the extradition through a mutual agreement with the country," she added.   

At present, more than 70 Bangladeshis are on Interpol's red list.

Top News

CID / Interpol

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Jamaat set for its first-ever Suhrawardy Udyan rally at Suhrawardy Udyan on 19 July 2025. Photo: Jamaat-e-Islami/Facebook
    With a massive turnout, Jamaat's first-ever national rally at Suhrawardy Udyan begins
  • As part of the ongoing “Desh Gorte July Padajatra” (March for Nation Building), central leaders of the National Citizen Party (NCP) arrived in Cox’s Bazar on 19 July 2025. Photo: Collected
    NCP’s ‘March for Nation Building’ reaches Cox’s Bazar: Leaders address rally
  • Photo: UNB
    Govt doing everything lawfully in Gopalganj: Press Secretary

MOST VIEWED

  • Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and SpaceX Vice President Lauren Dreyer after a meeting at state guest house Jamuna on 18 July 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla
    SpaceX VP Lauren Dreyer praises Bangladesh's efficiency in facilitating Starlink launch
  • Representational Photo: Collected
    Railway allocates special trains for Jamaat's national rally in Dhaka
  • Governments often rely on foreign loans. Russia’s loans covered 90% of the Rooppur Nuclear Power plant project's cost. Photo: Collected
    Loan tenure for Rooppur plant extended 
  • Representational image. Photo: Unsplash
    Mobile operators give 1GB free data to users observing 'Free Internet Day' today
  • Dollar rate falling fast – what it means for the economy
    Dollar rate falling fast – what it means for the economy
  • Chattogram-based Western Marine Shipyard Ltd has exported two tugboats—Ghaya and Khalid—to UAE-based Marwan Shipping Ltd, earning $1.6 million. The vessels were officially handed over at the Chittagong Boat Club on 17 July. Photo: Courtesy
    Refined sugar imports double in FY25 as duty cuts bite local refiners

Related News

  • CID seizes Tk400cr assets of ex-minister Golam Dastagir Gazi in Rupganj
  • Victims demand justice against BSB Global's Khairul Bashar
  • CID arrests BSB Global Network Proprietor Khairul Bashar in money laundering case
  • Govt to settle TNZ workers’ dues by 7 days; going after owner through Interpol
  • CID detains 'China Sohel', a fugitive accused in July uprising

Features

Jatrabari in the capital looks like a warzone as police, alongside Chhatra League men, swoop on quota reform protesters. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

19 July 2024: At least 148 killed as government attempts to quash protests violently

14h | Panorama
Illustration: TBS

Curfews, block raids, and internet blackouts: Hasina’s last ditch efforts to cling to power

20h | Panorama
The Mymensingh district administration confirmed that Zamindar Shashikant Acharya Chowdhury built the house near Shashi Lodge for his staff. Photo: Collected

The Mymensingh house might not belong to Satyajit Ray's family, but there’s little to celebrate

20h | Panorama
Illustration: TBS

20 years of war, 7.5m tonnes of bombs, 1.3m dead: How the US razed Vietnam to the ground

1d | The Big Picture

More Videos from TBS

How India became a french fry superpower

How India became a french fry superpower

13m | Others
Massive turnout at Suhrawardy Udyan as Jamaat holds first-ever national rally

Massive turnout at Suhrawardy Udyan as Jamaat holds first-ever national rally

1h | TBS Today
Without humane and good people, the country cannot progress: Army Chief

Without humane and good people, the country cannot progress: Army Chief

2h | TBS Today
Railway allocates special trains for Jamaat's national rally in Dhaka

Railway allocates special trains for Jamaat's national rally in Dhaka

2h | TBS Today
EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Advertisement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2025
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net