R.AGE investigation follows traffickers to Bangladesh


DHAKA: In the middle of a bustling town in Bangladesh, two R.AGE undercover journalists hide in a van, listening in as one human trafficker after another sold their lies.

These traffickers pose as education agents, and they exploit young Bangladeshis by charging them a fortune to study in bogus colleges in Malaysia where they end up trapped, in debt, and with little choice but to work illegally under inhumane conditions.

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