Hopes and dreams shattered

Bangladeshi workers come here with dreams of becoming rich, only to end up victims of human trafficking syndicates who are raking in huge profits bringing them in as tourists and students.

SHARGADA Bagum, 46, lives in a tiny wooden shack in Gazipur, a remote village about 150km from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Her husband Sofikul Islam, 50, rears cows and grows vegetables to earn an income for them and their youngest son.