DG of NSTM Munir Chowdhury, among others, at a seminar on ‘Use of Technology for Quality of Administration’ at the museum premises in the city on Sunday. NN photo

Deep inside Thai jungle: Trade in human beings for ransom

BBC Online Report :As the trade in human beings becomes more and more profitable, the BBC’s Jonathan Head discovers that entire communities in Thailand are helping the traffickers.Earlier this month, I accompanied a group of Thai volunteers through the steamy mangrove forest of an island on the Andaman coast. They were following up hazy reports of unmarked graves on the island; it was known to have been used by traffickers to hold large groups of migrants while they waited for...

23 May 2015, 12:00 am