Don’t buy brides, China’s Bangladesh embassy warns as trafficking surges

China's embassy in Bangladesh has issued a warning to its citizens against using illegal matchmaking services to find brides in the South Asian country. The embassy stated on social media that individuals traveling to Bangladesh to find wives through brokers or agencies could be arrested on suspicion of human trafficking. This warning follows similar advisories from other Chinese diplomatic missions. Under Bangladeshi law, human trafficking convictions carry a minimum sentence of seven years imprisonment and a fine of at least 500,000 taka, with potential penalties extending to life imprisonment or the death penalty.