Trafficking Persons, Especially Women in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects

The Almighty Allah encourages doing halal business. But today we don't think of it rather we engage ourselves with various types of illegal business -- one of which is human trafficking. Trafficking in persons for any reason is a gross violation of human rights and is a serious crime against human dignity as well as humanity. For different purposes, irrespective of sex, domestic servitude, organ removal and several other known or unknown purposes of exploitation persons are trafficked. The actual aim of our article is to give a clear view about human trafficking both from national and regional level, to find out the reasons, who are mainly victims of trafficking, their condition, legal framework concerning trafficking, critical appraisal of these legal framework and recommendations for harmonizing anti-trafficking legal framework.