Regional Responses to Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia and Australasia

2019 ◽  
pp. 901-915
Author(s):  
Heli Askola
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Regional Responses

scholarly journals HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SECURITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: A CASE STUDY OF BANGLADESHI FOREIGN WORKERS IN MALAYSIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 136-155
Author(s):  
Norliza Dolhan ◽  
Zarina@Zairina Othman ◽  
Nor Azizan Idris
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Human Security ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Interview Session ◽  
Universal Approach ◽  
Illegal Activities

Background and Purpose: In the modern globalisation epoch, security threats no longer concern the state’s hostilities, military operation, or nuclear proliferation. It involves non-traditional menaces like human trafficking, which is believed to escalate quickly. The goal of this research is to identify human trafficking activities and to reveal the experiences of victims in the Southeast Asia region, particularly in Malaysia.   Methodology: This study used a qualitative method through a case study approach. It involved an in-depth interview session with five primary informants (represented as Cases 1 to 5) who were the victims of human trafficking from Bangladesh, a government officer from related agency, two local academicians and a representative of Bangladesh foreign workers’ vending system company.   Findings: The study discovered that human trafficking crimes produce detrimental effects on the survival of the victims, especially on the economic and individual security aspect. Their wages are not fully paid and their freedom to socialize is restricted.   Contribution: This study calls for policy formulation and policy implementation to protect the interest and security of people despite their citizenship which is considered the most trustworthy, relevant and universal approach in rectifying these illegal activities within Southeast Asia region especially in Malaysia. Keywords: Bangladesh, labour migration, human security, human trafficking.   Cite as: Dolhan, N., Othman, Z., & Idris, N. A. (2021). Human trafficking and human security in Southeast Asia: A case study of Bangladeshi foreign workers in Malaysia. Journal of Nusantara Studies, 6(1), 136-155. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jonus.vol6iss1pp136-155

Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Results from a Household Survey in Vietnam

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Ngan Dinh ◽  
Conor Hughes ◽  
James Hughes ◽  
Margaret Maurer-Fazio
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Household Survey

scholarly journals Pengantin Pesanan Pos (Mail Order Bride): Modus Operandi Human Trafficking di Indonesia

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 337
Author(s):  
Zulkipli Lessy
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Mail Order ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Individual Privacy

Marriage for some people is a sacred thing: it is a part of the important forms of worship of God. The sacredness, nevertheless, to some extent disappears when the marriage mainly becomes a trap that concludes with prostitution and slavery. This article examines mail-order bride as a form of human  trafficking. Women in this kind of trafficking are primarily trafficked for prostitution industries. The mail,order bride arrangements occur in Indonesia and, also, in many countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam, and Malaysia. This form of trafficking is more difficult to deal with because of its hidden schema: marriage is commonly considered an individual privacy wherein outsiders cannot easily interfere.

Anti-Trafficking in Southeast Asia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Ham
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
East Timor ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Critical Research ◽  
Regional Patterns ◽  
Labor Trafficking

The positioning of Southeast Asia (comprising Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar or Burma, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) as an anti-trafficking hub belies the global relevance of regional patterns. The configurations of anti-trafficking vary across countries; however, the specific trends and patterns hold relevance to the region as a whole. For instance, the research on anti-trafficking in Thailand examines the co-constitutive interactions between the illegibility of human trafficking and the growth of the anti-trafficking industry, particularly in relation to market-based interventions. Critical research on Vietnam offers an instructive analysis of the fusion between humanitarianism and punishment that characterizes “rehabilitation” efforts in anti-trafficking. Research on Singapore and Indonesia considers the function of co-constitutive interactions between the hyper-visibility of sex trafficking and the relative invisibility of labor trafficking. In Indonesia—as a country of origin, transit, and destination—the fractured contours of anti-trafficking responses have produced unexpected or unpredictable interactions, marked by competing understandings of what trafficking is and the accountability of differing governmental bodies. Recent research on the Philippines illustrates the use of gendered surveillance in barring the departure of Filipino nationals as a means of “preventing” human trafficking. These patterns demonstrate the uneasy fusions and alliances among humanitarianism, market economies, law enforcement, and border control that mark responses to human trafficking in Southeast Asia.

scholarly journals Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia: Results from a Pilot Project in Vietnam

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngan Dinh ◽  
Conor Hughes ◽  
James Wesley Hughes ◽  
Margaret Maurer-Fazio
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Pilot Project

scholarly journals The Role of ASEAN in Tackling the Main Issues of Transnational Crime in the Southeast Asia Region

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-58
Author(s):  
Felix Ferdin Bakker ◽  
Andhika Parama Putra ◽  
Respati Triana Putri
Keyword(s):  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The United States ◽  
Transnational Crime ◽  
Existing Problems ◽  
Asean Member

Southeast Asia, a strategic region with a large border area, makes it an area prone to transnational crimes, especially terrorism, drug trafficking and human trafficking. This article aims to determine the role of ASEAN in tackling the main issues of transnational crime in the Southeast Asian region. International crimes in Southeast Asia are increasingly common. This research study uses normative legal research methods with qualitative data collection juxtaposed with descriptive analysis techniques so that the existing problems regarding transnational crimes, especially human smuggling, can be presented comprehensively and informatively. In dealing with this problem, ASEAN must play an active role by taking strategic steps through cooperating with other countries such as the United States and agreeing on various policies with ASEAN member countries related to handling transnational crimes, especially crimes of terrorism, drug trafficking and human trafficking.

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