Pemerdagangan orang untuk jenayah paksa (forced criminality) merujuk kepada eksploitasi mangsa melalui paksaan atau penipuan untuk melakukan aktiviti jenayah bagi tujuan keuntungan ekonomi atau faedah lain kepada pemerdagang. Ini merangkumi mereka yang dipaksa menjadi ‘scammer’ dalam talian, ‘keldai dadah,’ ‘keldai wang,’ atau mereka yang dipaksa menjadi pengganas atau perlakuan yang menyokong keganasan, dll.
In Malaysia, factors such as strong familial and community ties, religious and cultural prohibitions, lower homicide rates compared to other Southeast Asian countries, and strict firearm regulations are frequently cited as societal deterrents. Perhaps that's why serial killers are few and far between here, writes Dr Haezreena Begum, a Criminologist and Senior Lecturer from Universiti Malaya
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