Increase efforts to identify trafficking victims, including victims of labor trafficking, among vulnerable populations, including domestic workers and workers in the palm oil and disposable glove manufacturing sectors.

In 2014 Malaysia was a destination and a source and transit country for women and children subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically conditions of forced prostitution and for men, women, and children who were in conditions of forced labour. [2]

Increase efforts to identify trafficking victims, including victims of labor trafficking, among vulnerable populations, including domestic workers and workers in the palm oil and disposable glove manufacturing sectors.

As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Malaysia, and traffickers exploit victims from Malaysia abroad. The majority of victims are among the estimated 1.5 million documented and an even greater number of undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia.

Malaysia’s 2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act—amended in 2010 and again in 2015—prohibits all forms of human trafficking and prescribes punishments of up to 20 years’ imprisonment, which are sufficiently stringent and commensurate with those prescribed for …

PUTRAJAYA, June 25 ― Malaysia has been upgraded to Tier 2 in the 2024 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report issued by the United States Department of State yesterday. In a statement today, the Ministry of Home Affairs (KDN) welcomed this positive development.

Sep 26, 2024 · KUALA LUMPUR - Twenty-two children and three disabled persons were among the 73 rescued from human trafficking syndicates in Malaysia on June 12. The victims were rescued in a large-scale...

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 Shamsul Anuar Nasarah.

What is human trafficking? What are the motivations for and types of human trafficking that are common in Malaysia? How can our laws, policies, and services better protect and respond to survivors of human trafficking? This report has two goals:

KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Malaysia has been upgraded to Tier 2 Watchlist of the US' Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for 2023, with US authorities saying Malaysia has not met the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts.