Offence prosecutable under ATIPSOM Act 2007, with 15 years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both upon conviction

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — The police crippled a Myanmar-operated syndicate in the smuggling of illegal immigrants to Klang Valley with raids on four apartments in Cheras and Kajang yesterday, with the arrest of 29 Myanmar nationals, including five men believed to be acting as agents.

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.

PUTRAJAYA, July 31 — The Court of Appeal has ordered three Immigration officers, including a woman, to enter their defence against charges of smuggling nine Bangladeshi migrants at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) in Sepang seven years ago.

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.

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.

MELAKA, Sept 12 — Five e-hailing drivers were each fined RM5,000 or RM10,000 by the Ayer Keroh Sessions Court today, after they pleaded guilty to charges of carrying illegal immigrants in their respective vehicles last month.

ALOR SETAR, Sept 10 — Police have crippled five migrant smuggling syndicates operating in Kedah with the arrest of 12 local and Myanmar agents via Ops Pintas from August 15 to September 7.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Police are looking for a key witness in a court case involving the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act (ATIPSOM) 2007.

KUALA LUMPUR, April 19 — The Immigration Department has busted a syndicate which used Malaysian international passports to smuggle Sri Lankan children to Europe, following the arrest of a local married couple.

TAWAU, March 30 — Police have confirmed that nine individuals including Immigration Department officers being investigated in connection to to an alleged syndicate smuggling illegal Filipino migrants into Peninsular Malaysia, have been detained under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act...

SEPANG, Dec 15 — A total of 42 illegal immigrants were found in hiding during a raid by the police at a townhouse, suspected to be used for drug smuggling, in Cyberjaya last December 11.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 27 — The Immigration Department crippled a human smuggling syndicate with the arrest of eight men acting as 'transporters' and 49 illegal immigrants in Ops Gelombang at the main bus terminals in Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas in Kelantan yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 18 — The Immigration Department has crippled a migrant smuggling syndicate masterminded by a Cambodian man in a special operation at the Shah Alam Bus Terminal in Selangor on Sunday (October 16).

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 21 — The owner of the Twitter account ‘zulisfine’ has been urged to come forward to assist in the probe into a viral statement that allegedly insulted members of the Royal Malaysia Police.

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — A teenager was charged at the Sessions Court here today with smuggling 25 Myanmar migrants in a Toyota Vellfire vehicle earlier this month.

PUTRAJAYA, March 31 — An unemployed man who transported illegal immigrants that were smuggled into Malaysia by "Geng Otong" will serve eight years in jail for assisting the organised criminal group to carry out human smuggling activities and for harbouring illegal immigrants.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 28 —  The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) is intensifying operations to prevent migrant smuggling which looks set to increase despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

JOHOR BAHRU, July 3 — Police have detained an Immigration assistant director on suspicion of being involved in a migrant smuggling syndicate in Johor.