The gang's alleged ringleader, nicknamed "TikTok Ridoy", would "lure young girls from TikTok and other social media groups, promising to make them TikTok models. Photo: Unsplash/Kajeta Sumila
At least 11 people have been arrested for being suspected members of a Bangladesh trafficking gang that lured girls and women into India's sex trade using the social media platform TikTok, Dhaka police said recently.
The gang's alleged ringleader Rafizul Islam Ridoy - nicknamed "TikTok Ridoy" - would "lure young girls from TikTok and other social media groups, promising to make them TikTok models", Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) paramilitary unit said.
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