Instead of going to Italy on May 27, 22-year-old Omar was beaten and tortured by Libyan human traffickers who have demanded Tk12 lakh in ransom from his family, according to Omar’s older brother Zamal Sheikh. Omar could not find a stable job in Benghazi, and a Libyan broker promised him lucrative job opportunities in Italy. A Bengali member of the mafia who lives in Libya called and informed us over the phone,” he added. He took Tk5 lakh from Shohag, who needed one and a half months to reach Libya. “The broker had handed him over to the Libyan Mafia.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 30, 2020 18:33 UTC