Concern was expressed recently about the rise of human trafficking in Malaysia. International Agencies including the International Organization of Migration (IOM) have reported a rise in trafficking women from Uganda into Malaysia recently. It is estimated that there are currently 600 Ugandan women in Malaysia with ten to twenty women being trafficked into the country each week. There were no previous indicators of a problem in Malaysia until a raid in late 2011 discovered large amounts of Ugandan women in Malaysia being used as prostitutes and other forms of slavery. The agencies are still not entirely sure why Malaysia is a destination for human trafficking. Several of the women that were rescued in the raids were previously transported through China and Thailand before arriving in Malaysia. The trafficking seems to be done by “respectable” Ugandans and Nigerians who are targeting women between the ages of 17 and 22. Both Malaysia and Uganda are attempting to stop the trafficking.
This is a strange but bad situation. It is strange is that Malaysia has no known previous problem with human trafficking. Malaysia is not a country that human trafficking would be very proffible in or an strategic place to transport people through. This is bad because human trafficking is rising in countries with no previous history. It seems that with countries cracking down on human trafficking, traffickers are having to find other countries.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Trafficking-of-Ugandan-Women-to-Asia-on-the-Rise-139527723.html
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