Rohingya Trafficking

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a wanted accused involved in the trafficking of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India through the northeastern borders.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed a chargesheet against three Myanmar nationals in a major international human trafficking case involving illegal infiltration and trafficking of foreign nationals, primarily of Rohingya origin.

The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheets against six people from Assam and Meghalaya for their involvement in the alleged trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women into India using fake documents.

The rackets were active in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country, they added.

Twelve suspected Rohingya refugees, who were rescued in Mizoram's Aizawl three days ago allegedly from a human trafficking gang, have been shifted to state-run shelter homes, a senior police officer said.

Manipur police commandos today arrested a couple who are allegedly the masterminds in the "trafficking" of Rohingyas from Myanmar into the state.

Malaysia has arrested more than a dozen members of an alleged people trafficking syndicate after intercepting a ship carrying 127 Sri Lankan migrants believed to be bound for Australia and New Zealand, authorities have said.

More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said on Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people were convicted of crimes including trafficking and murder.

Inus bin Abul Baser, an 18-year-old from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, believed he'd escaped the worst when he managed to buy his freedom from human traffickers in Thailand and enter Malaysia in search of security and work.

A Thai court's examination of 500 witnesses in a case against 88 suspected human traffickers will take as long as two years, a court official said today, meaning verdicts in a case that sparked an international outcry are even further away.

Dozens of people arrested in Thailand's human trafficking crackdown, including a senior general, appeared in court today, days after the police officer in charge of the investigation tendered his resignation saying he feared for his life.

Human traffickers will resume their brutal trade across Southeast Asia despite a regional crackdown, Amnesty International warned Wednesday, as it detailed the "hellish" abuses migrants have suffered at the hands of gangmasters.

Bangladesh police have arrested a human trafficking "godfather" in a fresh crackdown on smugglers amid fears of a resumption of the racket that sparked a regional migrant crisis earlier this year, an officer said today.

Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said on Sunday.

Malaysian authorities today held a sombre mass funeral for 21 suspected ethnic Rohingya found in human-trafficking graves last month, with fellow Muslims praying for the unidentified victims to find a place in heaven.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday arrested a wanted accused involved in the trafficking of Bangladeshi nationals and Rohingyas into India through the northeastern borders.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) today filed a chargesheet against three Myanmar nationals in a major international human trafficking case involving illegal infiltration and trafficking of foreign nationals, primarily of Rohingya origin.

The National Investigation Agency has filed charge sheets against six people from Assam and Meghalaya for their involvement in the alleged trafficking of Rohingya and Bangladeshi women into India using fake documents.

The rackets were active in the border areas of Assam, West Bengal, Meghalaya and other parts of the country, they added.

Twelve suspected Rohingya refugees, who were rescued in Mizoram's Aizawl three days ago allegedly from a human trafficking gang, have been shifted to state-run shelter homes, a senior police officer said.

Manipur police commandos today arrested a couple who are allegedly the masterminds in the "trafficking" of Rohingyas from Myanmar into the state.

Malaysia has arrested more than a dozen members of an alleged people trafficking syndicate after intercepting a ship carrying 127 Sri Lankan migrants believed to be bound for Australia and New Zealand, authorities have said.

More needs to be done to ensure that human traffickers are brought to justice and Rohingya migrants are protected, rights groups said on Thursday, after a trial in which 62 people were convicted of crimes including trafficking and murder.

Inus bin Abul Baser, an 18-year-old from Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority, believed he'd escaped the worst when he managed to buy his freedom from human traffickers in Thailand and enter Malaysia in search of security and work.

A Thai court's examination of 500 witnesses in a case against 88 suspected human traffickers will take as long as two years, a court official said today, meaning verdicts in a case that sparked an international outcry are even further away.

Dozens of people arrested in Thailand's human trafficking crackdown, including a senior general, appeared in court today, days after the police officer in charge of the investigation tendered his resignation saying he feared for his life.

Human traffickers will resume their brutal trade across Southeast Asia despite a regional crackdown, Amnesty International warned Wednesday, as it detailed the "hellish" abuses migrants have suffered at the hands of gangmasters.

Bangladesh police have arrested a human trafficking "godfather" in a fresh crackdown on smugglers amid fears of a resumption of the racket that sparked a regional migrant crisis earlier this year, an officer said today.

Malaysian authorities have found mass graves containing the remains of more than 20 people believed to be human trafficking victims near the border with Thailand, police said on Sunday.

Malaysian authorities today held a sombre mass funeral for 21 suspected ethnic Rohingya found in human-trafficking graves last month, with fellow Muslims praying for the unidentified victims to find a place in heaven.