Human Trafficking Control

Question 1

Cruelty to Women Ordinance 1983

Bangladesh (NPA).

Answer 1

Specific penalties for trafficking in women with a provision of imprisonment that could extend up to 14 years.

Question 2

Trafficking

Answer 2

Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of the abuse of power or of a position vulnerability.

Question 3

Border Control Policies

Answer 3

Fortify border control, particularly in the trafficking hotspot areas. Establish more police checkpoints in the border areas.

Question 4

Draft and enact legislation

Answer 4

Draft and enact legislation criminalising the forced labour of men.

Question 5

Significantly increase criminal prosecutions

Answer 5

Include those involving fraudulent labour recruitment and forced child labour.