Human trafficking

Alleged Indonesian trafficking ring sending babies to Singapore being investigated: MHA, MSF

The authorities have been engaging the affected adoptive parents to explain the situation to them.

Scam centres in Myanmar were blown up. Is it all for show?

An aerial photo of KK Park taken in September 2025. While the Myanmar junta says it has cracked down on it, only 13 per cent of the total area has been demolished.

Thai police seek to arrest mother of 12-year-old forced into sex work in Japan

A mother from Taiwan allegedly forced her 12-year-old daughter into sex work at a massage parlour in Tokyo.

‘Kelong king’ Wilson Raj convicted of human smuggling in Hungary; fugitive fled S’pore in 2010

zyfix23: Singapore convicted match fixer and fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal was convicted of human smuggling in Hungary in May 2025. Wilson Raj, 60, is appealing an 11-year sentence the courts had meted out for his conviction.
Singaporean fugitive and convicted match fugitive Wilson Raj Perumal poses with with his two children in an old photograph taken in Hungary. A decade ago, when he was arrested in Finland in 2011, he made headlines after revealing to the investigators that he was part of a football match fixing syndicate with Balkan links, allegedly led by Singaporean businessman Dan Tan Seet Eng. Today, Wilson Raj is still making headlines with other types of crimes he is allegedly responsible for.

Former Philippine mayor Alice Guo sentenced to life for human trafficking

Alice Guo was found guilty of overseeing a Chinese-operated online gambling centre where hundreds of people were forced to run scams or risk torture.

Dutch prosecutors seek 20-year prison sentence for Eritrea-Libya trafficking suspect

South Korean student in Cambodia was tortured to death, autopsy confirms

Authorities placing an order at a building inside a compound in Cambodia's Takeo province in October after the death of a South Korean student in the country.

Man accused of human trafficking allegedly assaulted ex-girlfriend who had posted bail for him

Italian citizen Achraf Arjaouy, 31, had his bail revoked on Nov 14. He is now remanded and the verdict for his trial will be out on Jan 16, 2026.

Riau police foil attempt to smuggle undocumented workers to Malaysia

Human trafficking suspects at the Riau Police headquarters in Pekanbaru on July 17.

Rohingya deaths off Malaysia’s Langkawi raise fears of renewed perilous journeys across Andaman Sea

Rescuers carrying survivors from a vessel of refugees believed to be from Myanmar, which overturned in rough seas, in Langkawi on Nov 11.

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