8. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia is mostly destination and not so much source and transit country. As the report states, there are two million documented and even greater number of undocumented migrant laborers in Malaysia. Some are subjected to forced labor, others to debt bondage. Given the high level of corruption among immigration and police officers, the issue cannot be tackled properly. The news story speaks of the horror of the human trafficking victims. “The moment they landed in Kuala Lumpur… their passports and visas were snatched by a member of the placement agency. They were then taken to the jungles.”
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