RAB arrests three over human trafficking ring targeting Europe-bound migrants
According to RAB, the group had been defrauding people by offering lucrative jobs and student visas in Croatia, Serbia, Portugal, Italy and other European countries.
The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested three members of an alleged human trafficking ring during a raid in Uttara last night (8 June).
The group allegedly swindled two victims out of large sums of money by promising jobs in several European countries before handing them over to a Sri Lankan mafia group under the pretext of sending them to Italy via Serbia.
The arrestees include the alleged mastermind, Sheikh Md Sadi, 41, along with Md Nahin, 25, and Jahangir Alam, 24.
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The information was disclosed by RAB-4 Company Commander Major Sheikh Arman Hossain Hridoy at a briefing held at the force's headquarters in Mirpur-1 today (9 June).
According to RAB, the group had been defrauding people by offering lucrative jobs and student visas in Croatia, Serbia, Portugal, Italy and other European countries.
RAB said a victim, Md Ramjan Hossain Khan, filed a complaint on 28 May alleging that he and his brother-in-law had been cheated through a visa processing agency operated by the suspects.
Believing promises of legal migration opportunities, the victims paid a total of Tk31.5 lakh. After failed attempts to send them abroad and the use of fake New Zealand visas, the suspects sent the pair to Sri Lanka and allegedly handed them over to a Sri Lankan mafia group. The victims later returned to Bangladesh.
RAB said the suspects admitted to operating similar schemes targeting Bangladeshis seeking to migrate to Europe, Australia and other developed countries.
