Vehicle-mounted surveillance devices for the National Telecommunication Monitoring Centre (NTMC) were allegedly bought from Israeli suppliers, reported the Haaretz, a left-leaning Israeli newspaper yesterday. Bangladesh and Israel do not have diplomatic ties.
Companies founded by Israelis and based in Cyprus, Singapore and elsewhere have been selling surveillance tech to Dhaka, circumventing Defense Ministry regulation of such exports
According to Haaretz, Israeli companies are formally banned from doing business with Bangladesh because of concerns that the technology “will fall into the hand of Pakistan”.