Human Trafficking Kingpins Rizwan Farook Akbar, Bahar Sarker Arrested in Malawi

Police in Lilongwe have arrested two notorious human trafficking kingpins, Rizwan Farook Akbar and Bahar Samstudin Sarker. The suspects are accused of trafficking Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals through Kamuzu International Airport en route to South Africa. The arrests took place recently. Sarker, a South African national of Bangladeshi origin, has been living in Malawi without […]


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