Dhaka, May 23 -- A Bangladeshi woman who fled a scam centre in Cambodia is set to return home within a week, while seven Bangladeshi workers in Iraq have recovered their confiscated passports, both outcomes secured through the personal intervention of Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Choudhury.

The Ministry of Labour and Employment said Saturday that the 34-year-old woman, who escaped her captors on May 20, contacted Minister Ariful directly via WhatsApp the following morning from an undisclosed location, appealing for help to return home.

According to the ministry, the woman had travelled to Cambodia in August 2025 through a local travel agency after being promised computer-based work and a high salary. Upon arrival, her pas...