Bangladesh, July 24 -- Ethiopian authorities have announced the dismantling of one of the most notorious human trafficking networks operating along the Horn of Africa migration corridor, arresting 17 suspected members of a criminal syndicate accused of exploiting tens of thousands of migrants through kidnapping, torture, and extortion.

According to Ethiopian federal police, the operation targeted a sophisticated trafficking organization that lured vulnerable job seekers with promises of employment in Saudi Arabia before forcing them into a brutal cycle of abuse in Yemen. Investigators say the network trapped victims in secret detention facilities, tortured them while recording the abuse on video, and sent the footage to terrified family ...