Cows have had been sacred in india for thousands of years. Hindus are prohibited from slaughtering or eating them. Yet indidia is the wororlds sd biggest t export of bebeef. In the northeast of the country, thousands of cattle are smuggled across the border to bangladesh every day. As pedestrians and cyclists cross from india into bangladesh, Border Guards check identity papers. But they dont check this vehicle. The driver gets new papers. He barely has to slow down. And thats how cows from india are brought, illegally, into the country to be slaughtered. In hinduism, the majority religion in india, cows are sacred. In the first village on the bangladeshi side, we find a collection point for cattle brought in from india. There are dozens of places like this along the border. Traders tell us that smugglers benefittraders tell us that smugglers ask for the equivalent of about 150 euros for a cow from india. Nobody here is keen to talk to us on camera. Im just the driver. We ask if they a