A Rohingya man confined to an Summary internment camp in Myanmar’s Rakhine State displays his “white card”—an identification document revoked by former Myanmar President Thein Sein. Myanmar revoked Rohingya citizenship rights in 1982, contributing to their risk of being trafficked. ©Fortify Rights, Sittwe Township, Rakhine State, Myanmar, 2015 SUMMARY “People are being sold like fish, from one hand to another. That’s why the price [of release from captivity] is increasing.” —Human trafficker, Selangor State, Malaysia, September 27, 2014 On April 30, 2015, Thai authorities announced the discovery of a mass grave in a makeshift camp in a forested area near the Malaysian border. The grave contained more than 30 bodies of suspected victims of human trafficking believed to be Rohingya Muslims and Bangladeshi nationals. Less than one month later, on May 25, the Royal Malaysian Police announced the discovery of 139 graves and 28 suspected human-trafficking camps in Wang Kelian, Perlis State, Malaysia. Rohingya Muslims have faced military-led attacks and severe persecution in Myanmar for decades. Fortify Rights, the United Nations, and other organizations determined that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Myanmar authorities committed genocide against Rohingya—a crime that continues to today. These crimes forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees to flee the country in recent years. Most fled with hopes of finding sanctuary in Bangladesh and Malaysia, the nearest predominantly Muslim countries. This report documents how a transnational criminal syndicate—a 10

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