Taiwan cultivates cooperation with global partners to counter human trafficking

2025/08/29

Deputy Minister of the Interior Ma Shih-yuan said Taiwan would seek opportunities to strengthen its role in preventing human trafficking in the Asia-Pacific through global, cross-sector collaboration.

The Ministry of the Interior said that Ma made the remarks in an address at the International Conference on Strategies for Combating Human Trafficking Aug. 27 in Taipei City. Other prominent attendees included Minister Without Portfolio Lin Ming-hsin and John Morgan, acting deputy director of the American Institute in Taiwan, the MOI said.

The forum, conducted both in person and online, drew over 300 academics and professionals from Belgium, Canada, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, South Korea, Vietnam, the Philippines, the U.K. and the U.S., with discussion topics encompassing trends and challenges, victim protection and the use of innovative technology to prevent trafficking.

The MOI stated that it has achieved considerable results in the establishment of an anti-human trafficking system through cooperation with the Executive Yuan and the Ministry of Agriculture on action plans concerning human rights.

Ma emphasized that the joint efforts of governmental and civil agencies have kept Taiwan in good standing in the U.S. Department of State’s annual Trafficking in Persons Report. The deputy minister pledged to continue leveraging high-tech tools to forge a regional cooperative network for fighting human trafficking. 


Source:  Taiwan Today (https://taiwantoday.tw/index.php)