PUTRAJAYA, Jan 20 — The Asean National Police (Aseanapol) will prioritise the eradication of scam call centres linked to trafficking in persons and forced criminal activities as part of its regional action plan this year, Plans and Programmes Aseanapol Secretariat director and police chief Nguyen Huu Ngoc said.

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, June 20 — Malaysia's status at Tier 2 Watch List of the United States State Department's annual report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) 2023 marks significant progress in addressing the issue of human trafficking in this country compared to previous years.

KUCHING, June 19 — Malaysia's listing on the Tier 2 Watch List of the United States State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2023 has a positive impact on the country's trade sector and counters negative perceptions related to the issue of forced labour in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, June 16 — Efforts to eradicate forced labour in the country will be comprehensively increased through the amendment of the Labour Act 1955 (Amendment 2022) which came into force on January 1 this year, says Human Resources Minister V.

PUTRAJAYA, June 16 — The government will step up efforts to prosecute and convict civil servants found involved in human trafficking or forced labour, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

BANGKOK, June 16 — Thailand is a source and transit country for criminal syndicates operating cyber scams in Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and the Philippines, often in Special Economic Zones (SEZs), the United States' (US) State Department’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report 2023 said.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 — The government has expressed its commitment to improving the country’s Tier Three position in the United States Department of State’s 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

KUALA LUMPUR/BANGKOK, July 2 — Malaysia's predominant human trafficking crime is forced labour, the US State Department said on Friday, after downgrading the Southeast Asian country to the worst tier in its annual report on human trafficking.