Kuala Lampur, March 27 -- One of the fastest-growing forms of human trafficking in South-east Asia, and particularly in Malaysia over the past three years, is trafficking for forced criminality. This involves the coercion and deception of individuals into large-scale financial fraud operations, often linked to cybercrimes such as online scams, extortion, and money laundering.

Trafficking for forced criminality refers to the exploitation of individuals through coercion, force, or deception to compel them into criminal activities for the financial gain or benefit of traffickers. Victims are often forced to become online scammers, drug couriers, money mules, or are coerced into acts of terrorism or activities that facilitate terrorism, amon...