KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Thailand remains hopeful that the latest reciprocal tariff rate of 36 per cent on its exports to the United States (US) is not final.

BANGKOK, June 26 — Lured to Cambodia, tortured, and forced to defraud strangers online, a Thai teenager said he barely survived after he threw himself from an eighth-floor window last year in a desperate bid to escape one of the Southeast Asian nation’s prison-like scam compounds.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — In the past, human trafficking crimes were mostly associated with the sex trade, but today, the focus has shifted toward recruiting “criminals” to engage in online fraud, extortion and money laundering.

BUKIT KAYU HITAM, March 26 — A total of 24 more Malaysian citizens who were victims of a job scam syndicate in Myawaddy, Myanmar, have safely arrived at the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine, and Security Complex in Bukit Kayu Hitam today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has received 489 reports involving 637 Malaysians who fell victim to human trafficking, particularly job scam syndicates targetting young people, from January until yesterday.

BANGKOK, March 6 — Thailand is set to repatriate 1,500 people freed from alleged job scam syndicates in Myanmar each week.

NANJING, Feb 20 — A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud were escorted back to China by Chinese police on Thursday after being repatriated from Myawaddy, Myanmar, Xinhua reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The Home Ministry (KDN), via the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), has received 482 reports as of January 17 this year involving 628 Malaysians who fell victim to job scam syndicates.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — Malaysia, as this year’s Asean chair, will continue to highlight the issue of job scam syndicates operating across Southeast Asia to combat the problem, said Deputy Foreign Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin.

BANGKOK, Feb 16 — The Malaysian Embassy in Bangkok will conduct a consular visit on Sunday to 15 Malaysians rescued from job scam syndicates in Myanmar who are housed at the Fort Vachiraprakan military camp in Tak Province, northern Thailand, to provide necessary consular assistance.

BANGKOK, Feb 12 — Fifteen Malaysians were among 260 foreign victims of call centre syndicates in Myawaddy, Myanmar, who were released by the Burmese authorities and sent to Thailand for deportation today.

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) via the Malaysian Embassy in Phnom Penh, has successfully facilitated the return of 11 Malaysians who fell victim to a job scam syndicate in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The seven Malaysian victims of a job scam are returning to their homeland today after enduring nearly two months of detention at a Cambodian immigration detention centre.

JAKARTA, April 27 — Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has affirmed that her country must join multilateral efforts to prevent Southeast Asia from becoming a haven for human traffickers targeting Indonesian citizens "It is so important for us to cooperate to ensure that our region will...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 — The authorities will investigate Malaysian citizens rescued from job offer scams to ensure they are indeed victims and not syndicate masterminds.

SINGAPORE, March 28 — Organised crime rings fuelling an "explosion" of human trafficking and cyber scam centres during the pandemic have expanded from Southeast Asia into a global network making up to US$3 trillion (RM14.19 trillion) annually.

KUCHING, March 1 — A total of 326 Malaysians who are victims of overseas job syndicates have been rescued from 2021 to February 23 this year, said Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department deputy director (Investigation/Legal) Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — A total of 158 Malaysians who are victims of job scam syndicates are still stranded in foreign countries as of last month, the Dewan Negara was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 29 — Police have confirmed receiving 399 reports concerning alleged Umrah package frauds by a local company between January 1 and yesterday, involving 1,614 pilgrims nationwide and causing over RM14 million in losses.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 — The government is identifying 26 Malaysians who are victims of job scams in Laukkaing, Myanmar, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.