Dhaka, Aug. 9 -- A cruel silence has descended upon fourteen families in Bangladesh. For five long months, they have been suspended in a state of agonising uncertainty, caught between the thinnest sliver of hope and the deepest chasm of despair.

Their sons, vibrant young men brimming with dreams, embarked on a journey to Italy via Dubai last February. Today, they are ghosts-their phones silent, their whereabouts unknown, their very existence a question mark that haunts their loved ones' every waking moment!

This is not a tale of adventure gone wrong. It is the latest chapter in a devastating saga of human trafficking, where the money is false hope and the final payment is often life itself.The story of these fourteen missing youths is a...