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.

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.

Jan 20, 2009 · 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 other serious offenses, such as rape.

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...

Jul 2, 2021 · Malaysia's predominant human trafficking crime is forced labour, the U.S State Department said on Friday, after downgrading the Southeast Asian country to the worst tier in its annual...

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.

In Malaysia, the growing seaborne transborder human trafficking problem has brought to stark atten-tion the problem of effective maritime governance and border control, pre-senting a serious challenge and increased pressure on agencies tasked with policing Malaysian seas.

Malaysia is a destination, supply and transit point for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation. [8] Women and girls from Burma, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are trafficked to Malaysia. [8] Malaysia is a transit country along with Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand in Chinese human trafficking. [9]