No to Trafficking

By CFO, 27 Jun 2020 MANILA, June 27 — The Commission on Filipinos Overseas welcomes another sustained recognition from the US Government as the Philippines has retained its Tier 1 ranking in the latest 2020 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report of the US Department of State. Tier 1 is the highest-ranking a country can be…

For the fifth year, the Philippines retains its Tier 1 ranking in the US government’s report on human trafficking. According to the 2020 Trafficking in Persons report, the Philippine government fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking as it continues to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period.

POLICE arrested a 30-year-old female online sex trafficker and brought eight minors to safety on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Of the eight minors rescued, one was a 27-year-old deaf — female who turned out to be the suspect’s younger sister. The youngest rescued was a two-year-old boy.

by John Unson (Philstar.com), 5 Jun 2020 COTABATO CITY, Philippines — The Marines rescued Thursday seven Filipinos who escaped from Sabah, Malaysia where illegal recruiters promised them employment that never came true.

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by Kristine Joy Patag (Philstar.com), 28 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A Pampanga court sentenced an American child sex offender to life imprisonment over human trafficking charges.

David Timothy Deakin is the first foreigner to be convicted for trafficking offenses through online proceedings, according to the International Justice Mission by Michelle Abad, 27 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines – An American child sex offender was sentenced to life after he was found guilty of 3 counts of “large-scale qualified trafficking in persons” by…

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Victims, including children, are rescued in an operation made possible by information from Australian police by Rappler.com, 23 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Law enforcers arrested a 28-year-old woman in Butuan City for offering to livestream the sexual abuse of children and an adult for cash.

by Lorilly Charmane Awitan, ABS-CBN News, 22 May 2020 Nasagip ng mga awtoridad ang 13 na mga babae, kabilang ang 12 menor de edad, mula sa isang cybersex den sa Barangay Ambago sa Butuan City nitong Huwebes.

by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star), 16 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A 34-year-old woman was arrested at her residence in Angeles, Pampanga on Thursday for allegedly offering children to online sex predators.

ANGELES, Pampanga — A 34-year-old female was arrested while three children were rescued from online sexual exploitation Thursday, May 14, in this city in Central Luzon.

by Niko Baua, ABS-CBN News, 14 May 2020 MAYNILA — Isang nanay ang inaresto ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) matapos umanong ibugaw ang dalagita niyang anak at pamangkin sa online sex show.

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by Janvic Mateo (The Philippine Star), 6 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A 41-year-old woman was arrested in Caloocan City on Monday for allegedly forcing her three children to perform sexual acts for paying customers online.

by Agence France-Presse, 6 May 2020 The UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime on Wednesday warned of increased risks to human trafficking victims due to the coronavirus crisis with people more vulnerable to exploitation and protection limited.

By: Katrina Hallare, INQINQUIRER.net, 5 May 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) have arrested two people allegedly involved in human trafficking in an entrapment operation in Fairview, Quezon City.

By Eugene Y. Adiong, Manila Times, 2 May 2020 BACOLOD CITY: A four-year-old girl was found by police after raiding a house that allegedly serves as a cybersex den in Barangay Candau-ay, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental on Wednesday.

by KG, GMA News, 18 Apr 2020 Justice Undersecretary Emmeline Aglipay-Villar on Saturday hailed the arrest of a couple in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu for alleged involvement in online sex trafficking.

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“Right there, in our own backyards.” It’s a common phrase in anti-trafficking awareness campaigns meant to convey the hidden nature of the crime and the fact that anyone can be victimized by traffickers. Technically, it’s true. Anyone can become a victim of sex and labor trafficking. But it’s also more complicated than that. In reality,…

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by Roel Pareño (The Philippine Star) – 4 Mar 2020 ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines — Thirteen women who said they were promised employment as domestic helpers in Dubai, Malta and Malaysia were rescued by personnel of the Zamboanga Sea Base Anti-Trafficking Task Force in this city on Monday.

by Robie de Guzman, UNTV News, 2 Mar 2020 MANILA, Philippines – Eight suspected human trafficking victims were rescued by the authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) said.

By: Villamor Visaya Jr., Inquirer Northern Luzon, 2 Mar 2020 TUGUEGARAO CITY –– Ten women, including a 16-year-old girl, were rescued from an alleged prostitution den in separate entrapment operations here over the weekend, the National Bureau of Investigation said.

by Robie de Guzman, 26 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has warned the public against bogus job offers abroad following reports received by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office about a fraudulent scheme that lures Filipinos to work in Yukon Territory in Canada.

by BenarNews staff, 26 Feb 2020 Government officers intercepted 110 Filipino women who were to have been trafficked to the Middle East as workers via the southern Philippines and Malaysia, the Philippine immigration bureau said Wednesday.

by Vann Marlo M. Villegas, Business World, 26 Feb 2020 IMMIGRATION officials barred more than 100 undocumented Filipinos from leaving the country through the Zamboanga International Seaport, it said in a statement on Wednesday.

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