Jakarta, Aug. 5 -- The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP3MI) stopped seven migrant workers from leaving the country illegally from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, on Tuesday as part of a broader push to prevent human trafficking and smuggling.

the BP3MI Head of Banten, Budi Novijanto, confirmed that the seven workers-five men and two women-were suspected to be attempting to migrate to Greece, Cambodia, and Saudi Arabia illegally.

He said that they were intercepted as part of a cross-sectoral collaboration to prevent human trafficking and human smuggling, which often begins with non-procedural travel.

"Now they all have been brought to the migrant workers shelter to get education and protection," ...