Disgraced former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who was sent to prison for 12 years for corruption less than two weeks ago, has petitioned the king for a pardon, the Parliament Speaker said on Monday
Beginning in the second half of 2021, Taiwanese nationals were lured by high-paying jobs to Cambodian scam rings where they were detained, beaten, resold, and otherwise enslaved. According to a rough estimate by Taiwan’s National Police Agency, there are likely thousands of victims
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan say 28 people are being charged and 15 officials investigated in connection with the vicious beatings of several women at a barbecue restaurant in June
Police in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan have announced a citywide crackdown on violent crime after a viral video of thugs beating up a woman at a barbecue restaurant sparked massive public outrage
Thailand has made no progress in the past year in its efforts to combat human trafficking, especially of migrant workers, a global seafood industry watchdog said in a report released Thursday
According to UN estimates, four million people have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded. Women and children comprise the largest bulk of the victims, making them particularly vulnerable to human trafficking
Public anger over widespread trafficking in women and girls, mostly for “marriage” to men who can’t find willing partners, is running in high in China since a woman was found chained by the neck in a freezing outbuilding in the eastern province of Jiangsu in January
Authorities in China have painted over a mural and deleted accounts and memes supporting the woman found chained by the neck in the eastern province of Jiangsu, as internet users used her image to mark International Women’s Day
Police in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi are investigating the case of a woman locked in an iron cage in Jia county, amid ongoing public anger over the trafficking of women and girls in the wake of the chaining of a woman in Jiangsu
According to the leader of a team that monitors Arabic and Kurdish social media, human traffickers are proposing trips to Russia as a new path for migrants to the European Union. There was “enthusiasm” online about the availability of a mechanism “to avoid the limits” on the Polish-Belarusian border