On Friday, Malaysian authorities arrested a couple accused of sending hundreds of women to Europe and Australia to be sex workers. Hadi Ho Abdullah, deputy director of the federal police crime investigation department, stated the couple arrested were believed to belong to an international prostitution syndicate. With the promise of lucrative employment abroad, hundreds of women were sold into prostitution rings. The arrest is part of a crackdown on human trafficking following criticism from the US state department. It is unclear what punishment will be issued, but the crime of smuggling an adult in Malaysia holds a prison sentence of up to fifteen years, not including penalties for forging passports and travel visas.
by Caleb B. Ray
Source: The Canadian Press
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