Dhaka, Oct. 27 -- Transnational human traffickers use several countries for transits, including India, Sri Lanka, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Turkey, to send Bangladeshi job seekers first to Libya, and then to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea, Rab officials said.

A Bangladeshi man nicknamed "Goodluck Bhai" in Libya arranges the voyage from the Libyan coast, said Commander Mufti Mahmud Khan, Rab's legal and media wing director.

In their code language, the traffickers call it a "game" and make hefty sums, Tk 8-9 lakh from each migrant, according to Rab officials.

Rab officials learned this after interrogating three members of a trafficking ring involved in the trafficking some of the Bangladeshi job seekers who likely perish...