KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 19 -- Cross-border human trafficking and irregular migration involving Indonesia, particularly through Johor and the Malacca Strait, is a serious and increasingly complex threat, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said.

"This is particularly due to organised transnational syndicates exploiting maritime routes, third-country movements and long-established cross-border linkages," he told reporters, citing monitoring by police, Immigration, and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency.

According to a report published in the New Straits Times, Saifuddin Nasution added that enforcement agencies had boosted maritime domain awareness, joint patrols and inter-agency coordination in high-risk areas.

"Intellig...