Indonesia arrests nearly 500 for human trafficking FMTNews FMTWorld
JAKARTA: Indonesian police have this month arrested nearly 500 suspects involved in the trafficking of more than 1,500 victims, officials said today, as Jakarta cracks down on human smuggling.
National police spokesman Ahmad Ramadhan told AFP authorities had rescued 1,553 victims in the last two weeks before they were trafficked out of the country. Many of the victims were rescued from illegal shelters on course to be trafficked as maids, boat crew or prostitutes, with several cases of child exploitation also included.
Jakarta has moved to increase probes, prosecutions and convictions for human trafficking, and has made efforts to repatriate victims trafficked to other Southeast Asian nations.
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