PETALING JAYA: The United States has downgraded Malaysia to the lowest ranking in its annual human trafficking report, to the same category as Zimbabwe, North Korea and Saudi Arabia.
According to the latest Trafficking in Persons (TiP) Report – which ranks 188 nations according to their willingness and efforts to combat trafficking, and is considered the benchmark for global anti-trafficking commitment – trafficking victims are thought to comprise the majority of Malaysia’s estimated two million illegal migrant labourers.
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