KUALA NERUS, Aug 31 — Police have initiated an investigation into allegations that a former deputy minister is involved in a human trafficking syndicate operating in Myanmar.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — A total of 137 individuals, including children, believed to be labour exploitation victims, were rescued under Op Pintas Mega from January to June.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 — The Immigration Department detained 14 foreign nationals in an operation to combat human trafficking and migrant smuggling at two restaurants in Shah Alam yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Twenty foreign nationals, including two children, were detained by the police under Op Pintas Wakanda at a condominium in and around Jalan Ampang today.

PUTRAJAYA, July 30 — The Home Ministry (KDN) launched the MAPO Integrated Data System (MIDS) to enhance its efforts in combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling crimes.

KANGAR, July 12 — Two friends, including an underage girl, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to two charges of trafficking two underage girls for sexual exploitation on July 2.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 — The establishment of the Malaysia Checkpoints and Border Agency (MCBA) is expected to be crucial to elevate the country to Tier 1 in the United States’ Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report next year.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — About 90 per cent of Malaysians claimed to be victims of human trafficking were found not to be actual victims but rather involved in international fraud syndicates.

KLANG, June 26 — An accountant was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined RM12,000 by the Sessions Court today for causing injuries and trafficking an Indonesian domestic worker three years ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The government has welcomed the recent upgrade of Malaysia to Tier Two in the United States' (US) 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Home Ministry is committed to elevating the country’s ranking to Tier One in the United States' Department of State's Trafficking in Persons Report, including through improvements in the legal sector.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 20 — The police have arrested 113 individuals, both locals and foreigners, suspected of being involved in human trafficking activities in 33 nationwide raids as part of an operation known as Ops Mega Pintas.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Police rescued 17 Indonesian women who were who were suspected human trafficking victims during a raid on a maid service company’s dormitory in Shah Alam on Friday (June 14).

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 — The Home Ministry (KDN) is closely collaborating with Interpol and Aseanapol in addressing issues of human trafficking and smuggling of migrants.

PUTRAJAYA, May 18 — The Immigration Department successfully busted a human trafficking syndicate that led to the arrest of eight Bangladeshis through an operation at a residential premises in Jalan Sultan Ismail, Kuala Lumpur, on Thursday (May 16).

JAKARTA, April 27 — Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has affirmed that her country must join multilateral efforts to prevent Southeast Asia from becoming a haven for human traffickers targeting Indonesian citizens "It is so important for us to cooperate to ensure that our region will...

SINGAPORE, March 28 — Organised crime rings fuelling an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to US$3 trillion (RM14.19 trillion) annually.

PUTRAJAYA, March 16 — The Immigration Department has arrested three individuals suspected of exploiting and trafficking Indonesian workers over the past four years, during a raid on a house in Petaling Jaya yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — A total of 280 human trafficking cases have been recorded since 2022 with 526 individuals arrested and 992 victims rescued, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.

PUTRAJAYA,  Jan 31 — A  25-year-old Tanzanian woman, believed to be a victim of human trafficking, was rescued by the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM)  in a raid in the federal capital two days ago.