The ones nabbed by the Anti-Human Trafficking Job Force are the scalpers, right hands, and the (members of the) unlawful placement syndicates themselves
Jakarta – Human trafficking syndicates are trying to prevent the activities of the Job Force for the Removal and Avoidance of Human Trafficking (TPPO) by spreading out misleading reports and reports, the Migrant Workers’ Protection Firm (BP2MI) has said.
Those syndicates are attempting to misinform the general public by utilizing the media to try and make it seem like the task force is arresting migrant workers, BP2MI Head Benny Rhamdani stated.
” This should be cleared. The ones nabbed by the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force are the scalpers, right-hand men, and the (members of the) prohibited placement distributes themselves,” he notified at an interview on the task force’s work efficiency in the previous month
Journalism conference was held at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs’ office on Tuesday.
Rhamdani said that spreading misinformation is one of the syndicates’ relocations to compromise the task force in carrying out its task of removing human trafficking networks.
He likewise clarified some deceptive rumors that are often spread by the distributes, for example, reports stating that the police procedures carried out by the job force through the police force frequently hinder migrant employees’ placements.
” This is likewise wrong. I will offer the data,” he worried.
In 2020, at the beginning of COVID-19, the number of migrant workers sent overseas was 113,436 In 2021, the COVID-19 situation at that time was truly bad, and only 72,624 migrant employees were sent out overseas, he said.
” In 2022, post COVID-19 situation became better, there was a positive pattern, the placement was at 200,761 people who went overseas. In 2023, January 1 to July 4, as of today, one semester of positioning is capped at 137,038 migrant workers,” he notified.
He said that there has been a favorable increase in the number of migrant employees sent out overseas from year to year given that the pandemic struck to the current time.
” We can forecast that at the end of the year, the placement can exceed 270 thousand. If it exceeds 270 thousand, it suggests that our positioning rate has returned to regular due to the fact that typically, each year, Indonesia (sent out) 270 thousand migrant workers prior to the pandemic,” he elaborated.
He worried that the rumors spread out by distributes about the task force are incorrect.
From June 5 to July 3, the job force, led by National Cops Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo handled to rescue 1,943 human trafficking victims and named 698 people as suspects.
Of the victims, 65.5 percent were migrant employees, 26.5 percent were sex employees, 6.6 percent were exploited kids, and 1.4 percent were ship crew.
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