Human Trafficking

Maldives to deport foreign cashiers

Migrant workers found working as cashiers will be deported immediately, the department of immigration has warned. A “special raid operation” has been launched in Malé today to identify expatriate cashiers.

Maldives placed back on US human trafficking watch list

“The government did not initiate any prosecutions and there were no convictions in 2014, a decrease from one conviction in 2013, and some officials warned businesses in advance of planned raids to investigate suspected trafficking offences or other labour abuses,” reads the US State Department’s 2015 Trafficking in Persons report.

Maldives launches plan to combat human trafficking, content undisclosed

Comment: Migrant workers’ voice – illegal and silenced in the Maldives

Three Bangladeshis charged in first criminal prosecution for human trafficking

Maldives off US State Department trafficking watchlist

Transparency Maldives highlights plight of migrant workers on May Day

Maldivian arrested for the crime of human trafficking

“Good response” to voluntary repatriation program

Voluntary repatriation program announced for undocumented workers

IOM conducts human trafficking workshop for police and immigration officials

Bangladesh to reopen worker migration to the Maldives

Indian authorities report hundreds of workers forced from Maldives without wages

Bangladesh halts worker migration to the Maldives

Immigration Department denies vital components missing from replacement border system

PISCES “enhancements” will match Nexbis technology: Defence Minister

Visa crisis hitting hiring and business, say resorts

Trapped in the Maldives: foreign nationals stranded due to employers, state failing to resolve visa issues

Comment: ‘Human-trafficking’ to the fore again, but hopes remain

Maldives given final chance to avoid tier 3 in human trafficking report, face possible sanctions