A monthly meeting of the Rangamati District Law and Order Committee on Sunday stressed the need for stronger vigilance and coordinated efforts to prevent the trafficking of women to China and other countries.

The meeting, chaired by Deputy Commissioner Nazma Ashrafi at her office, reviewed the overall law and order situation in the district, with particular focus on growing concerns over trafficking networks targeting women for trafficking to China and other countries.

The discussion focused on the Home Ministry's special directives and warnings regarding the activities of such trafficking networks.

Speakers said traffickers often lure vulnerable women with false promises of better opportunities abroad, trapping them in human trafficking networks.

They stressed the need for stronger surveillance at the local level, particularly in border areas and remote parts of the district, to prevent women from falling victim to such schemes.

To strengthen prevention efforts, Deputy Commissioner Nazma Ashrafi instructed the upazila nirbahi officers (UNOs) of all upazilas in Rangamati to intensify monitoring in coordination with local representatives, law enforcement agencies and civil society members.

She also directed them to take necessary measures to raise public awareness and prevent women from being trafficked to China and other countries.

Rangamati Superintendent of Police Abdur Rakib, Additional Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Ruhul Amin, Additional District Magistrate Nishat Sharmin, Civil Surgeon Dr Nuyen Khisa and representatives of the Bangladesh Army, among other committee members, attended the meeting.