I wouldn’t be surprised if this has more to do with recruiting agencies that take south-east asians and take them to out of country to work in disreputable esta

I wouldn’t be surprised if this has more to do with recruiting agencies that take south-east asians and take them to out of country to work in disreputable establishments. Think sweatshops and prostitution, when promised to work in a high-end resort. It’s extremely easy to take advantage of people when they are out of their home country. By regulating the industry it keeps bad actors out, but I’d think it’d be very unlikely to improve the recruitment process quality; the common knowledge is that less regulation leads to... well whatever those people are selling these days.