Pirate Gangs Prowl Bangladesh's Sundarbans Forest
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Pirate gangs prowl Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest
Those who have crossed their path fear them more than the tigers in Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangrove forest. Once thought largely subdued after mass surrenders a decade ago, the gangs have returned to the forest. Their resurgence – fuelled largely by poverty and debt – has again made the forest's labyrinth of rivers feared.
In the water maze of the largest mangrove in the world, in Bangladesh, a parallel economy of prosperous extortion. Fishermen and gatherers are forced to deal with armed groups that impose their law. The Sundarban root and channel maze is a much more tangible threat to the residents than the famous ones. [...] Read more Sundarbans under the cut of criminal gangs appeared first on Le Singulier.
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