Human Trafficking In Malaysia Statistic 2018
Malaysia s 2017 score and statistics in the war on trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants have been impressive with vast improvements across the board and outstanding achievements.
Human trafficking in malaysia statistic 2018. Human trafficking 2018 1. Suhakam notes with serious concern the u s. It only represents contacts made to the national hotline in the united states and not the full scope or prevalence of human trafficking. This report has two goals.
Malaysia is a destination and to a lesser extent 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 are in conditions of forced labour. The majority of trafficking victims are foreign workers who migrate willingly to malaysia from indonesia nepal india thailand china. To draw learning points for ourselves and other ngos serving women and children survivors of human trafficking. Human trafficking 2018 marks the sixth report from the national uniform crime reporting ucr program s human trafficking data collection.
How can our laws policies and services better protect and respond to survivors of human trafficking. Department of state s 2014 trafficking in persons tip report that malaysia has been downgraded to tier 3 watch list for failing to fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking under the us trafficking victims protection act 2000 tvpa despite two consecutive waivers granted to it in 2012 and 2013 respectively. As state participation has grown the ucr program has seen an increase in data submissions. As additional data reviews are conducted the data can be.
Organised crime syndicates in human trafficking are flourishing in asean particularly malaysia according to a report by the united nation s office on drugs and crime. Respond to and prevent human trafficking. Crime index crime index ratio per 100 000 population crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia. Malaysia has slipped to tier 2 watch list in the 2018 trafficking in persons tip report produced by the us state department said tan sri muhyiddin yassin.
What are the motivations for and types of human trafficking that are common in malaysia. This document encompasses data from january 1 2018 to december 31 2018 unless otherwise noted.