Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), which has dealt with many such cases, says the recruiting agencies and brokers who carry out these crimes get away easily through loopholes. RAB, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) has handled migrant smuggling cases, but they can only investigate when a specific complaint is lodged. Migrant smuggling is not identified uniquely by law, rather is covered by the Prevention and Suppression of Human Trafficking Act, 2012 and the Overseas Employment and Migrants Act 2013. RAB 3 second-in-command Major Mehedi Hasan said the problem with the smuggling was that the brokers sent the migrant workers legally, at least part of the way. Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) Joint Secretary General Shameem Ahmed Chowdhury Noman said they worked for safe migration and none of their agencies were involved in human trafficking or smuggling.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 11, 2017 21:00 UTC