Brazilian authorities arrest Bangladeshi-born Saifullah Al-Mamun, who's considered as one of the world's most prolific human traffickers
Brazilian police arrested members of a group allegedly implicated in a large scheme of smuggling people into the US.
In an operation conducted on Thursday after collaboration with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement , Brazilian police arrested members of a group allegedly implicated in a large scheme of smuggling people into the US. He has been indicted on US charges. According to the US Department of Justice, Al-Mamun is alleged to have housed people coming from Southeast Asia in Sao Paulo and arranged for their travel through a network of smugglers operating in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
They were sent to Brazil's northern Acre state to start a long and dangerous trip through Central America all the way to the Mexican border, to cross into the US.
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