Bangladesh
Human trafficking
The Independent - Bangladesh
The State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar has said that Bangladesh made commendable progress in curbing human trafficking. This is one issue among many that has not been given the attention it deserves. In recent years there has been a rise in the incidence of trafficking in women.
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Human trafficking
The State Minister for Home Affairs Lutfuzzaman Babar has said that Bangladesh made commendable progress in curbing human trafficking. This is one issue among many that has not been given the attention it deserves. In recent years there has been a rise in the incidence of trafficking in women.
It is a matter of great shame that many Bangladeshi women are now languishing in disgrace in the many sprawling brothels of India and Pakistan. They are lured across the border by being offered the hope of a better future and end up leading a miserable existence in far-off lands without any hope of returning to their families. Even if some of them are able to return the society is not quite prepared to accept them back. Despite the heavy presence of border security personnel trafficking shows no signs of coming to an end. Sometimes we do hear of some women being recovered from the clutches of criminals but these instances are few and far between. We are yet to know of any all- out operations against these traders of human miseries.
After the recent ban, in the United Arab Emirates, on the use of child jockeys, trafficking in children has decreased to a certain degree. Another aspect of the issue is often ignored. Women and children from rural areas in Bangladesh are trafficked to urban centres for commercial sexual exploitation and domestic servitude. Young boys are lured into forced servitude in the fishing industry in Dublar Char and other islands in the Bay of Bengal region.
Human trafficking rivals the drugs and illegal arms trade as one of the most profitable forms of illegal activity. Its high profit, and penalty of light nature makes it attractive to small criminal rings and large-scale organised crime, forcing a growing number of people into slavery around the world.
Trafficking is one of the worst forms of human rights abuses. The government, according to evidence has not done enough.