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Crime in Malaysia manifests in various forms, including drug trafficking, money laundering, fraud, corruption, black marketeering, and many others.
Human trafficking and treatment of migrant workers
[edit]Malaysia is a destination, supply and transit point for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation.[1] with women and girls from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam trafficked to Malaysia.[1] Malaysia is also a transit country along with Indonesia, Philippines and Thailand in Chinese human trafficking,[2] Additionally, women from Malaysia are known to be trafficked into the People's Republic of China.[2] Migrants from countries in the region work as domestic servants and laborers in the construction and agricultural sectors also face exploitative conditions.[1]
For its failure to combat human trafficking, Malaysia was given a Tier 3 rating in 2007 by the United States Department of State, the lowest rating given.[1] Enactment of comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation in July 2007 by Malaysia led to an elevation of its rating to Tier 2 Watch List in 2008, but a lack of action was taken against exploitative employers or labour traffickers in 2008.[1] In addition, the United Nations' Convention against Transnational Organised Crime was not rectified by the Malaysian government.[1]
Drug trafficking and drug abuse
[edit]Drug abuse and drug trafficking is a problem, heroin and synthetic drugs being the primarily used drugs,[1] and ecstasy and methamphetamine remaining in production for domestic users and, to a lesser extent, the regional drug market.[1]
Drug trafficking is punishable by the death penalty[3], a measure which was introduced during the 1980s to combat drug offenses, and was highlighted following the 1986 execution of Kevin John Barlow and Brian Geoffrey Chambers.
Crime against tourists
[edit]Violent crime against foreign tourists is less common in Malaysia.[4] However pickpocketing and burglaries are common criminal activities directed against foreigners.[4] Other types of non-violent crime include credit card fraud and motor vehicle theft;[4] credit card fraud has a high rate in the country.[5][4] Scams are a problem in Kuala Lumpur which involve card games and purchase of gold jewellery.[3]
Corruption
[edit]Corruption is a problem in Malaysia, but is less common than in most other countries in Southeast Asia.[6] In 1998, Malaysia was ranked 29th in the Corruption Perceptions Index with a score of 5.3 out of 10.0, the second best in the region, behind only Singapore (ranked seventh with a score of 9.1).[7] Its score has been roughly consistent up to 2007 (5.1), its rank steadily falling to 43 as the number of nations surveyed increases, but remains unrivaled in Southeast Asia with the exception of Singapore (ranked fourth with a score of 9.3).[8] Malaysia is also ranked as average in the 2006 Bribe Payers Index (with a score of 5.59 out of 10).[citation needed]
Malaysia suffers from corporate fraud in the form of intellectual property theft.[9] Counterfeit production of several goods including IT products, automobile parts etc. are prevalent.[9]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h "CIA World Factbook - Malaysia". CIA World Factbook.
- ^ a b Kimberley L. Thachuk (2007). Transnational Threats. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. p134. ISBN 027599404X.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ a b Simon Richmond (2007). Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Lonely Planet. pp. p488. ISBN 1740597087.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ a b c d "Consular Information Sheet: Malaysia". Bureau of Consular Affairs
- ^ Aneace Haddad (2005). A New Way to Pay: Creating Competitive Advantage through the EMV Smart Card Standard. Gower Publishing Ltd. pp. p5. ISBN 0566086883.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ Darryl S. L. Jarvis (2003). International Business Risk: A Handbook for the Asia-Pacific Region. Cambridge University Press. pp. p219. ISBN 0521821940.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) - ^ "The Corruption Perceptions Index (1998)". Transparency International. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index 2007". Transparency International. Retrieved 2008-09-18.
- ^ a b Darryl S. L. Jarvis (2003). International Business Risk: A Handbook for the Asia-Pacific Region. Cambridge University Press. pp. p220. ISBN 0521821940.
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