Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- For ten years, the Sheikh Hasina government funnelled $190 million into a shadow surveillance empire - importing Israeli and U.S. spyware to track political opponents, silence journalists, and monitor citizens in real time, a bombshell investigation by the Techglobal Institute has revealed.
At least 160 high-tech spying tools - from IMSI catchers and Wi-Fi interceptors to advanced spyware like Cellebrite, FinFisher, and Predator - were smuggled into Bangladesh through murky procurement deals and third-country intermediaries.
The arsenal has armed elite security agencies with the power to intercept calls, hack devices, monitor internet traffic, and crush dissent at the touch of a button.
The National Telecommunication Mo...