The pay’s great: How human trafficking syndicates lure victims


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): They are promised employment with high pay but in reality they will be confined and lured into forced labour and prostitution.

This tactic is not new to syndicates that specialise in trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants when they seek victims, especially those living in poverty because people who are desperate to change their fortunes are more easily manipulated and victimised.

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