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The move comes as authorities crack down on the suspected illegal organ trade ring, arresting 12 members last week- including a police officer and an immigration officer identified as AH – accused of smuggling 122 victims abroad. The three Bali immigration officers are accused of working with AH, who allegedly took bribes to allow victims…
INDONESIA — The recent revelation of a human trafficking case has led the police to uncover an organ trafficking scheme. A syndicate has been sending a number of Indonesian citizens abroad to have their kidneys harvested. The victims have been deprived of adequate medical care. The Minister of Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD,…
JAKARTA, April 8 (Bernama):The Riau Islands are identified as one of the ‘hot spots’ of human trafficking in Indonesia, said the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD. Through a post on his Instagram account, he said that the region, especially Batam, is also used by the syndicate as a gateway for…
Fadli (The Jakarta Post) Batam ● Fri, April 7, 2023 2023-04-07 13:48 0 Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD is questioning the National Police over their handling of a human trafficking case in Riau Islands province in which they have yet to detain any suspects. Mahfud said he was…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Women Workers Rights and Human Trafficking Assistant Deputy at the Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry Priyadi Santosa urged village officials to intensify dissemination on human trafficking. This understanding on human trafficking is important due to high urbanization that is not followed by adequate knowledge among those arriving. This condition causes many…
The International Labor Organization (ILO) estimates that 27.6 million people find themselves in situations of forced labor on any given day. Many of these cases stem from poor recruitment processes, including human trafficking, according to Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. “The government and private sector should work together to fight human trafficking. We should pay special attention to…
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Professor Mahfud MD stated that the government was intensifying efforts and taking prompt action regarding the prevention of human trafficking. “Now, we are intensively making preparations to handle it quicker,” the minister noted in Jakarta on Monday. He made the statement while attending…
December 29, 2022 JAKARTA – The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has commended Indonesia for rescuing hundreds of Rohingya refugees who were stranded at sea for weeks and called on other nations in the region to do their part to address the fresh boat crisis. “Indonesia has helped to save [more than 400] people in…
Muhammad Taher knew he was risking his life when he decided to leave a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh and board a decrepit-looking boat to Indonesia, but the father-of-four was desperate to work. He almost didn’t make it. A week after the boat carrying more than 180 people set off, its engine broke down. Those…
Apriadi Gunawan (The Jakarta Post) Medan ● Tue, December 27, 2022 2022-12-27 Tanjung Balai Police in North Sumatra arrested on Monday a suspected human trafficker attempting to smuggle 28 Rohingya refugees to Malaysia. The local water police unit arrested the 50-year-old suspect, identified only by the initials KU, on the Asahan River in…
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