KUALA LUMPUR: A human trafficking syndicate believed to be smuggling Sri Lankan nationals to European countries has been crippled by police here. Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Abdul Hamid Bador said they arrested the three Malaysians and eight Sri Lankans on May 27. "The arrests were made while the syndicate was making preparations to smuggle a Sri Lankan child out from Padang Besar to Thailand using Malaysian travel documents. "The arrests means we have crippled a syndicate which has been using Malaysia as a transit point in human trafficking," he said, adding that investigations revealed that the syndicate had been operating since 2018. Abdul Hamid added that the syndicate had a vast international network spanning several countries including Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Europe.

Source: The Star June 08, 2019 07:30 UTC