Bangladeshi’s tricked into forced labour in Cambodia

An investigative by the Vangladeshi government has revealed that over 100 Bangladeshi workers are in a forced labour condition in Cambodia. Those Bangladeshi workers were trafficked to Cambodia on Sticker/Stamp visas showing them as tourists or visitors by Bangladeshi recruiting agencies and their brokers based in Dhaka, Singapore and Bangkok, the investigation, carried out  by the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment revealed.

Some of the trafficking victims returned to Bangladesh after suffering their ordeals and the others were in Cambodia in difficult conditions, said EWOE Ministry officials. Brokers allegedly collected visit visa stamps from the Cambodian embassies in India, Singapore, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar and Australia and hired the workers of Bangladesh alluring them with good jobs in Cambodia, they said.

At one stages, the brokers realised ransom money from the victims’ family in Bangladesh by torturing them, the report alleged. A three member team led by Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment ministry joint secretary Jahangir Alam visited Cambodia from February 16 to 21 to investigate the matter.

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