WEBVTT 00:02.033 --> 00:05.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% YANG: We want to tell you up front: this next story is not suitable for children. 00:05.400 --> 00:09.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% If your kids are in the room, please turn us off and come back in about 8.5 minutes 00:09.933 --> 00:14.933 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% when Paul Solman helps make sense of what some call the bitcoin bubble. 00:16.566 --> 00:20.200 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Even for adults this is a disturbing story, but an important one. 00:20.200 --> 00:25.200 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% Special correspondent Tania Rashid and videographer Philip Caller (ph) take us inside the dark 00:26.466 --> 00:28.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% world of human trafficking in Bangladesh. 00:28.433 --> 00:31.266 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Horrific things are done to young girls. 00:31.266 --> 00:35.566 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% This the final installment of their three-part series in partnership with the Pulitzer Center 00:35.566 --> 00:36.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% on Crisis Reporting. 00:36.666 --> 00:39.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) 00:39.233 --> 00:41.266 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% TANIA RASHID, PBS NEWSHOUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT: At a checkpoint on the main road leading from 00:41.266 --> 00:45.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the camps, Bangladeshi soldiers aren't looking for guns or drugs, they are searching for 00:47.333 --> 00:50.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Rohingya women being trafficked into sex work. 00:50.433 --> 00:55.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The majority of Rohingya refugees are women and girls, many are poor and without a male 00:56.033 --> 00:58.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% breadwinner. 00:58.000 --> 01:00.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They are vulnerable to traffickers looking to make fast money by recruiting girls into 01:00.800 --> 01:04.366 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% the Bangladeshi sex trade. 01:04.366 --> 01:08.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Soldiers stop vehicles they suspect could be used by traffickers, and passengers are 01:08.766 --> 01:11.566 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% asked to show their national ID cards. 01:11.566 --> 01:15.966 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% According to the army officer in charge of this checkpoint, around 10 Rohingya girls 01:15.966 --> 01:18.233 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% attempt to pass every night. 01:18.233 --> 01:20.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% As the night goes on, the searches continue. 01:20.500 --> 01:25.500 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% They look inside buses and motorized rickshaws known locally as CNGs, questioning passengers. 01:27.366 --> 01:29.766 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): What school did you go to? 01:29.766 --> 01:32.200 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% You, count to 10. 01:32.200 --> 01:37.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: Rohingyas and local Bangladeshis can have similar appearances which makes it hard 01:38.400 --> 01:40.233 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% for the soldiers to identify who is who. 01:40.233 --> 01:42.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Show me your cards. 01:42.733 --> 01:47.166 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Where did you come from? 01:47.166 --> 01:49.233 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Where are your ID cards? 01:49.233 --> 01:53.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: The army has been stopping several CNGs on the road, and they suspect one of 01:54.966 --> 01:57.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the girls in this vehicle is a Rohingya. 01:57.833 --> 02:02.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Get out. 02:05.766 --> 02:06.900 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Tell me the truth. 02:06.900 --> 02:08.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% I know you are Rohingya. 02:08.533 --> 02:11.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Who is leader of your block at the refugee camp? 02:11.800 --> 02:16.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: As it turns out , the woman right there is Bangladeshi and she's helping take 02:18.166 --> 02:21.933 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% this woman who is a Rohingya into Cox's Bazar. 02:21.933 --> 02:25.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The soldiers question them and search their bags. 02:25.733 --> 02:30.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They say that the Rohingya woman is being trafficked for sex work and that the Bangladeshi 02:30.166 --> 02:33.133 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% woman travelling with her is her trafficker. 02:33.133 --> 02:37.633 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They recruit Rohingya girls and women from the camps and traffic them into Bangladeshi 02:37.633 --> 02:39.666 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% towns and cities. 02:39.666 --> 02:43.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% After detaining the group for a few hours, soldiers decide to send the two women back 02:43.700 --> 02:48.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to the camps and keep the man for further questioning. 02:50.766 --> 02:55.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Back in Kutupalong, the biggest camp, the sex trade is thriving and the influx of tens 02:57.133 --> 03:00.233 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of thousands of vulnerable women is fuelling the business. 03:00.233 --> 03:05.100 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Most Rohingya refugees come from insular, conservative Muslim families, and sex work 03:05.100 --> 03:08.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% is taboo. 03:08.000 --> 03:09.933 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Camp brothels are hard to spot. 03:09.933 --> 03:14.933 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% They look like ordinary shelters made of bamboo and plastic sheets. 03:16.933 --> 03:20.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% This woman whose name and face we conceal to protect her identity started sex work out 03:20.066 --> 03:25.066 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% of desperation to feed her two children after her abusive husband left her for another woman. 03:26.933 --> 03:28.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): The food handout is not enough. 03:28.933 --> 03:31.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% When my kids cry for rice, where will I get it from? 03:31.800 --> 03:36.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I'm only doing this to support my family, I feel bad doing it but I have to survive 03:37.266 --> 03:38.900 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% somehow. 03:38.900 --> 03:41.133 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% RASHID: She is one of four Rohingya women working in this brothel. 03:41.133 --> 03:45.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): I see one, sometimes two men per day, for 03:45.300 --> 03:48.366 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% about 20 minutes, 15 minutes to one hour. 03:48.366 --> 03:50.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They give me two to six dollars. 03:50.500 --> 03:55.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The men come from different backgrounds, some are poor, others are rich, they are mostly 03:55.366 --> 03:56.766 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Rohingya. 03:56.766 --> 03:59.300 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Occasionally, I see Bangladeshi men as a clients. 03:59.300 --> 04:02.933 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% They make me do bad things to them and make me work really hard. 04:02.933 --> 04:07.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% When I do it, I'm so ashamed, so I only take my pants off. 04:07.366 --> 04:12.366 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% RASHID: Cox's Bazar is the nearest city to the camps, infamous for its thriving sex trade, 04:13.633 --> 04:15.100 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% fuelled by tourism. 04:15.100 --> 04:18.166 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I'm on my way to meet with a Rohingya sex worker. 04:18.166 --> 04:23.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They normally travel in auto rickshaws like this one from the camps into the city center. 04:26.400 --> 04:28.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% This girl is only 15 years old. 04:28.700 --> 04:31.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% She fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh six months ago. 04:31.700 --> 04:34.666 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We concealed her face and name to protect her identity. 04:34.666 --> 04:39.666 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE (through translator): The Myanmar soldiers grabbed hold of me, they 04:41.066 --> 04:45.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% beat me, tied my hands and feet and hung me from a tree. 04:45.000 --> 04:46.833 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Next to me, there was another woman. 04:46.833 --> 04:49.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The soldiers cut her belly and vagina. 04:49.166 --> 04:53.000 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They cut off her breasts and put them in plastic bag. 04:53.000 --> 04:57.266 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I started screaming and a solder bit a piece of my cheek off. 04:57.266 --> 05:01.066 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Then they pulled me down and gang-raped me. 05:01.066 --> 05:06.066 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Afterwards, they stabbed me and dumped my body into the river thinking I was dead. 05:07.000 --> 05:09.033 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% I can't remember much after that. 05:09.033 --> 05:13.200 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% I lost so much blood that I was unconscious more than three days. 05:13.200 --> 05:17.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Somehow I managed to swim across the river and get to Bangladesh. 05:17.033 --> 05:19.100 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% I swam alone. 05:19.100 --> 05:24.033 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: But life in the camps was tough, she turned to selling drugs to survive. 05:25.933 --> 05:29.400 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% After getting caught and spending two months in jail, an older Rohingya woman made her 05:29.400 --> 05:31.466 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% an offer. 05:31.466 --> 05:35.200 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My friend said why don't you run away from the camps. 05:35.200 --> 05:36.833 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I know people who can help you. 05:36.833 --> 05:38.733 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Do you want work in a garment factory? 05:38.733 --> 05:41.233 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% I said yes. 05:41.233 --> 05:44.933 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% RASHID: But her friend was actually a trafficker who recruits young Rohingya girls into sex 05:45.400 --> 05:47.466 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% work. 05:47.466 --> 05:50.733 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: A car picked me up from the camp and took me down the main road to 05:50.733 --> 05:52.833 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Cox Bazar. 05:52.833 --> 05:55.700 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Nobody stopped me at the checkpoints, as the pimps are friends with the army. 05:55.700 --> 05:57.700 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They took me to a brothel. 05:57.700 --> 06:02.433 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: She now works seven days a week and gets $1 per client after the pimp takes his 06:02.900 --> 06:04.600 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% cut. 06:04.600 --> 06:09.600 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I saw five men at the same time today. 06:11.033 --> 06:13.900 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They are raping me the same way the Myanmar soldiers raped me. 06:13.900 --> 06:18.900 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They pin my hands to the bed, force my legs open and thrust so hard it hurts. 06:20.800 --> 06:25.800 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: Her pimp gives her drugs for the pain and steroids to make her look healthy. 06:32.433 --> 06:37.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Undercover filming in a Cox Bazar's brothel reveals that the recent influx of tens of 06:37.366 --> 06:42.366 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% thousands of vulnerable girls has meant that they are now full of underage Rohingya. 06:44.266 --> 06:47.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I'm at a secret location at the edge of Cox's Bazar where I am about to meet with 06:50.533 --> 06:55.533 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a pimp who traffics Rohingya girls into prostitution. 06:57.733 --> 07:00.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% This pimp has seven Rohingya girls that he sells. 07:00.966 --> 07:03.633 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% He says that the refugee crisis is good for business. 07:03.633 --> 07:07.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED MALE (through translator): Rohingya girls have a very Burmese look. 07:07.300 --> 07:08.300 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% It's different. 07:08.300 --> 07:09.300 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% They have lighter skin. 07:09.300 --> 07:11.500 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They are prettier and taller. 07:11.500 --> 07:15.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Young Rohingya girls from 12 to 14 sell the most. 07:15.133 --> 07:16.766 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Clients love fresh flesh. 07:16.766 --> 07:18.866 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The little girls have more to give. 07:18.866 --> 07:23.166 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% RASHID: He says the easiest way to get the girls is to prey on their vulnerability. 07:23.166 --> 07:27.933 align:left position:10%,start line:71% size:80% UNIDENTIFIED MALE: When the Rohingya girls arrive in Bangladesh, they don't know anything. 07:27.933 --> 07:30.800 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% They are so innocent, scared, and unaware. 07:30.800 --> 07:35.300 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I tell these little girls, look you have nobody, I'll marry you, but we need money to get 07:35.300 --> 07:37.166 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% married. 07:37.166 --> 07:39.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Rohingya girls are easy to convince. 07:39.100 --> 07:42.733 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I have sex with all my girls, I take their virginity. 07:42.733 --> 07:45.200 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Then I share them with the clients. 07:45.200 --> 07:49.066 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% RASHID: What sorts of clienteles visit these girls? 07:49.066 --> 07:53.400 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Are they Bangladeshi men, or -- who are they? 07:53.400 --> 07:57.700 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Most of the clients are Bangladeshi tourists, but about once or twice 07:57.700 --> 08:01.366 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% month I have foreigners, white men, Americans, Europeans. 08:01.366 --> 08:05.000 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% They stay in the big hotels and keep the girls for two to three days. 08:05.000 --> 08:07.666 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't speak directly to the white men. 08:07.666 --> 08:12.666 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Usually, a hotel manager calls me and asks me to send over photos, they are the liaison. 08:14.933 --> 08:19.933 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% RASHID: Many Rohingya women who fled violence end up in desperate situations, both inside 08:22.800 --> 08:24.866 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% and outside the camps. 08:24.866 --> 08:29.866 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Their precarious circumstances make them easy prey to those that seek to exploit them. 08:31.433 --> 08:34.933 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% For the PBS NEWSHOUR, I'm Tania Rashid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.