Thailand meanwhile, convicted 62 people, including nine Thai officials, of trafficking crimes. A joint report in 2019 by the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia and Fortify Rights found gaps in ...

According to experts, victims are forced to repay the so-called debts by working as online scammers for the syndicate.

“They are exploited as forced laborers on palm oil plantations,” she added. Malaysia has had three five-year plans to tackle human trafficking since 2010. The timeline for the third one ends next year ...

New Delhi — Around the middle of this month, workers at Malaysia's Port Klang were surprised to hear knocking from inside one of the shipping containers that had just come off a ship from ...

MANILA, Philippines — Nine Filipino victims of alleged human trafficking were rescued and repatriated from Thailand and Malaysia, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said Thursday. BI said the ...

COTABATO CITY, Philippines — Authorities are looking for the recruiters of 15 human trafficking victims who were headed for Malaysia, where they had been promised jobs. Police Brig. Gen.

In a statement on Thursday, he said Malaysia was “committed to maintaining border security and viewed issues of cross-border crime seriously, particularly human trafficking and migrant smuggling”.