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...
KUALA LUMPUR, June 16 — Malaysia has been upgraded to Tier 2 Watchlist of the US' Trafficking in Persons report for 2023, with US authorities saying Malaysia has not met the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but are making significant efforts.
Malaysia has been on Tier 3 for two years since 2021. It was on Tier 2 Watch List for the previous three years, from 2018 to 2020, although it was ranked on Tier 2 in 2017.Countries are ranked by tier, with Tier 1 as the highest of four. Placements are made based on the extent of government efforts to meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act 2000 .
They also comprise those in which there is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year, including increased investigations, prosecutions, and convictions of trafficking crimes, increased assistance to victims, and decreasing evidence of complicity in severe forms of trafficking by government officials.
“Upon arrival, victims are transported to large compounds, known as 'scam factories,' located in Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, and the Philippines, where their passports are confiscated and they experience physical and sexual violence. “They used fake job listings to recruit adults and children from dozens of countries including Malaysia.
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