Police Arrest 17 Bangladeshis Wanted for Human Trafficking

A yearlong investigation by immigration police culminated in the arrest on Saturday of 17 Bangladeshi men hiding in Phnom Penh and Poipet City to avoid charges of human trafficking in their home country, police said Sunday.

Three of the fugitives, arrested   at a guesthouse in Phnom Penh’s Russei Keo district at about 3 p.m., gave up the location of 14 of their countrymen also allegedly involved in the trafficking ring, according to Uk Heisela, chief of investigations at the Interior Ministry’s immigration department.

“We have been investigating this case for the past year, since we received information that they had been involved in trafficking women from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to…India and Pakistan,” Major General Heisela said.

He declined to say whether the arrests were made at the request of Bangladeshi authorities or comment further on the investigation that led to the arrests.

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