A group of Rohingya men travelling along a people smuggling route to Malaysia sleep on a pile of donated clothes on September 8, 2020, on the northern coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. (AFP)
A group of Rohingya men travelling along a people smuggling route to Malaysia sleep on a pile of donated clothes on September 8, 2020, on the northern coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. (AFP)

Rohingya trafficking network sells dreams, delivers violence and extortion

Investigation reveals a sophisticated and always-evolving operation worth many millions of dollars in which members of the Rohingya community play a key role in trafficking.

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