Dhaka, July 30 -- Trapped in Cyber Scam Gulags

Modern slavery: Fake overseas jobs funnel Bangladeshi workers into heavily guarded cyber scam compounds

Bought and sold: Criminal networks trade migrants like commodities

Forced into cybercrime: Stories reveal a new form of human trafficking -- where organised crime profits by turning trafficked workers into tools of online deception

Home but not free: Survivors return with debt, trauma and legal battles

They left home carrying dreams of a better life.

Some saw online advertisements promising jobs abroad. Others trusted familiar faces who assured them of safe employment and good salaries.

But their journeys ended far from what they were promised.

Instead of offices and restaurants, th...