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Cambodia's government has formally demanded that Channel News Asia publish a prominent public correction regarding its coverage of a missing Singaporean woman, after authorities concluded she travelled voluntarily and was neither trafficked nor held against her will.
Five Taiwanese nationals have pleaded not guilty to human trafficking charges at a Sessions Court in Butterworth, following the alleged forced labour exploitation of a Cameroonian woman discovered last month.
Singapore authorities have charged eight men aged 23 to 41 and a 20-year-old woman in connection with the sexual exploitation of a 16-year-old girl. The woman faces trafficking charges for facilitating the abuse.
Singapore authorities have charged nine people—eight men and one woman—following investigations into the sexual exploitation of two minors. The woman faces trafficking and related charges, while the men are accused of obtaining commercial sexual services.
A 20-year-old Singaporean woman feared to have been trafficked has been found safe in Phnom Penh. Authorities confirmed she voluntarily travelled to Cambodia to meet an online gaming acquaintance and switched off her phone, prompting family concerns.
The International Organisation for Migration warns that trafficking into online scam centres has become one of the world's fastest-growing forms of human trafficking, with criminals targeting educated job seekers across more than 80 countries through deceptive social media advertisements.
A Bangladeshi national appeared in Kulim magistrate's court charged with illegally holding 11 passports from fellow Bangladeshi citizens, highlighting authorities' concerns over document trafficking networks.
An Indonesian court has convicted all 19 members of a human trafficking syndicate that smuggled dozens of babies, including at least 12 to Singapore. The ringleader received seven years imprisonment.
Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim has urged the Royal Malaysia Police to launch a thorough investigation following a rescue operation that freed a Cameroonian woman from alleged human trafficking in the area.
Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim has called for an exhaustive investigation into a human trafficking network uncovered in Berapit following a police raid that rescued a Cameroonian woman and arrested a Taiwanese operator.
Thai authorities have arrested a boxing camp manager accused of trafficking underage boys for sexual services, with a Norwegian national also implicated in the scheme that targeted vulnerable children from broken homes.
A gambling conglomerate controlled by influential Cambodian tycoon Lim Heng rented buildings at above-market rates to operators running massive scam and human trafficking operations from a compound near the Thai border, Reuters investigation reveals.
Malaysia's Home Ministry has flagged organised crime involvement in begging operations by foreigners, particularly children, in tourist areas. Authorities detained 5,411 immigration offenders in recent enforcement sweeps and are investigating local accomplices.
Indonesian prosecutors have sought sentences of up to 10 years imprisonment for 19 defendants accused of operating a baby trafficking ring that sold at least 34 infants, with at least 12 sent to Singapore between 2023 and 2025.
A Bangkok court has imprisoned a Thai woman for seven and a half years after she transported her 12-year-old daughter to Japan and forced her into sexual work at a Tokyo massage establishment, revealing persistent vulnerabilities in cross-border human trafficking networks.
Malaysia's northern states of Kedah and Perlis have recorded no human trafficking arrests under anti-trafficking legislation, even as authorities intensify operations against undocumented Myanmar migrants.