Drug Trafficking Statistics In Malaysia
Crime index ratio per 100 000 population.
Drug trafficking statistics in malaysia. Are data on forced labour included in human trafficking. Crime index ratio per 100 000 population for malaysia in 2017 improved to 309 7 as against 2016. Per case data refers to those who have one or more offences in the current year. This is because some of the drug addicts are poly drug users.
A total of 131 841 drug addicts have been registered in malaysia between january 2010 and february this year said the home ministry. Trafficking are data on sexual exploitation included in human trafficking. Total recorded offences in the largest city 1 538 1 182 98 83 74 81. Drug trafficking is big business bringing in a fifth of all profits from organised crime.
On 8 th of november 2013 three uzbekistan nationals were also sentenced to death for trafficking more than 10kg of methamphetamine. The data on the number of drugs used do not necessarily match the number of drug addicts. Recently when the law was extended to include acts of terrorism any terrorists and anyone who aids terrorists financially or otherwise is liable to face the death penalty. Whilst the per head data refers to only once detected within six 6 years period.
Malaysia has made it loud and clear on its non compromising stance in combating illicit drug trafficking and doing all it can to disrupt the drug supply chain. A number of foreigners have been executed in malaysia. Drug trafficking is one of the empact priorities europol s priority crime areas under the 2018 2021 eu policy cycle. Unodc collects analyzes and reports data on drug trafficking trends including arrest seizures price and purity of illicit drugs submitted by the member states through the annual reports questionnaires arq.
Home minister tan sri. Kevin john barlow and brian geoffrey shergold chambers were among the first to be sentenced to death in malaysia for drug possession. Organised crime syndicates in human trafficking are flourishing in asean particularly malaysia according to a report by the united nation s office on drugs and crime. Total recorded offences at the national level 12 580 12 901 49 04 49 40 2 67 human trafficking.
It ravishes communities endangers businesses strains government institutions and drags down the wider economy. Crime statistics malaysia 2018 is the first publication of the department which presents statistics on five crime areas namely crimes index drugs corruptions environments and other crimes.