Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- For a Mymensingh family, the promise of a passage to Italy has turned into a nightmare across two countries, ending with one woman allegedly tortured and forced into sexual exploitation in Egypt.

The Special Response Battalion (SRB) says it has arrested a key figure in the trafficking ring and found information suggesting the network has trafficked more than 2,000 people to different countries.

Mohammad Arzu Rahman, 47, was arrested in Dhaka's Banani on Monday based on information from the National Security Intelligence agency (NSI).

The SRB says he took Tk 8.5 million from the family of five after promising to send them to Italy.

At a press conference at the SRB media centre in Karwan Bazar on Tuesday afternoon, SR...