Dateline Southeast Asia – December 15 to 21, 2020

DEVELOPING / UPDATED Dec 15, 2020 3:24 PM PHT

(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 25, 2020, a boat carrying Rohingya migrants arrives on the shorelines of Lancok village, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency. Boatloads of Rohingya landing across Southeast Asia are victims of complex human trafficking networks run by a dizzying web of players, from crime bosses and corrupt cops to poor fishermen, rickshaw drivers and even Rohingya themselves.

CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP

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The unresolved issue of the Rohingya refugess has resurfaced after reports that they were preyed upon in a human trafficking network involving high-seas extortion gangs, corrupt police, and illegal drugs across Indonesia and Malaysia.

Most of the exploitation happens in international waters, along the porous borders of Southeast Asia.

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Dateline Southeast Asia – December 15 to 21, 2020

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