No to Trafficking

by Macon Ramos-Araneta, Manila Standard Today, 14 Feb 2020 To help protect Filipino children and youth from online sexual exploitation of children, Senator Win Gatchalian underscored the need for a comprehensive “Human Trafficking Preventive Education Program.”

by Paolo Romero (The Philippine Star), 12 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The rise of Philippine offshore gaming operators has not only spawned prostitution dens but also human trafficking as crime syndicates feed the vices of mostly mainland Chinese workers in the POGO industry, an anti-crime advocate said.

By: Christia Marie Ramos – Reporter, INQINQUIRER.net, 12 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — A trafficked Philippine offshore gaming operator (Pogo) worker from Taiwan tagged a certain “Michael Yang” as an alleged government protector of the company she was forced to work for.

by ABS-CBN News, 12 Feb 2020 Arestado ang 19-anyos na babae na nambugaw umano sa mga babae sa Maynila at 17-anyos na lalaking nag-alok ng mga babae sa undercover na pulis sa Caloocan.

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by KBK, GMA News, 7 Feb 2020 Sinalakay ng Makati City Police ang isang hotel na pugad umano ng prostitusyon, ayon sa ulat ng Unang Balita nitong Biyernes.

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQINQUIRER.net, 7 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct an investigation and case build-up on the alleged involvement of Bureau of Immigration (BI) officials and personnel in human trafficking activities and escort services.

The defendant pleads guilty to 4 cases involving the trafficking of children for online sexual exploitation by Ryan Macasero, 7 Feb 2020 CEBU CITY, Philippines – A 22-year-old Filipina from Lapu-Lapu City was sentenced Wednesday, February 5, to 17 years and 4 months in prison for 4 counts of online sex trafficking.

By Recto Mercene, Business Mirror, 6 Feb 2020 Seven women allegedly attempting to leave the country using bogus travel documents were nabbed by immigration authorities, while they were about to board a Cebu Pacific flight to Dubai last Thursday at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia).

By: Marlon Ramos, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 03 Feb 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Several travel agencies should be held criminally liable for facilitating the visas of Chinese women who have fallen prey to prostitution rings catering to male Chinese workers of Philippine offshore gaming operators (Pogos), according to Sen. Risa Hontiveros.

by Brian Melley, 31 Jan 2020 LOS ANGELES — Federal agents raided a Philippines-based church in Los Angeles on Wednesday in a human trafficking investigation that led to arrests of three church leaders in what prosecutors said was a decades-long scheme to trick followers into becoming fundraisers and arrange sham marriages to keep them in…

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By: Cathrine Gonzales, INQINQUIRER.net, 29 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Three Filipinos who claimed they were hired to work in Jeju, South Korea were intercepted at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after immigration officers found they might have been duped by their recruiter.

By: Morexette Marie B. Erram, CDN Digital|27 Jan 2020 CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they recorded an increase in convictions related to human trafficking in the country from 2018 to 2019.

By Jun Ramirez, Manila Bulletin, 26 Jan 2020 The Bureau of Immigration (BI) said on Sunday it was able to prevent more than 38,000 travelers from leaving the country last year due to its unrelenting campaign against human trafficking.

By: Daphne Galvez, NQINQUIRER.net, 17 Jan 2020 MANILA, Philippines — Two Filipinas, who were victims of human trafficking to Iraq, arrived in the Philippines on Friday, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.

by Fred Cipres, ABS-CBN News, 17 Jan 2020 MAKATI – Nasagip ang 18 babae matapos sugurin ng mga pulis ang 2 pinaghihinalaang prostitution den sa Palanan, Makati.

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By Margret Fermin, 12 Dec 2019 Last year, authorities investigated 488 suspected human trafficking cases in the Philippines. Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted six Filipinas, which are believed to human trafficking victims at the Iloilo airport.

by Ralph Edwin Villanueva (The Philippine Star) – 7 Dec 2019 PARAÑAQUE CITY, Philippines — At least 14 Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese women forced into prostitution were rescued from a condominium unit in Parañaque City Thursday night.

by Vito Barcelo, Manila Standard, 5 Dec 2019 Immigration authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport rescued 34 women who were stopped from leaving the country for Saudi Arabia where they were illegally recruited to work as household service workers.

By: Neil Arwin Mercado, INQINQUIRER.net, 5 Dec 2019 MANILA, Philippines — Thirty-four women suspected of being illegally recruited as household service workers in Saudi Arabia were rescued at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported Thursday.

Central Luzon cops also rescued 14 women – 6 Vietnamese and 8 Chinese by Jun A. Malig, Rappler, 4 Dec 2019 PAMPANGA, Philippines – Two Chinese men were arrested by regional police operatives in an anti-human trafficking operation inside the Clark Freeport Zone here around midnight on Tuesday, December 3.

by Dave Kovaleski, 3 Dec 2019 The International Criminal Police Organization, or INTERPOL, conducted a security exercise in Southeast Asia that led to various arrests and seizures of illegal goods.

By: Leo Udtohan, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 23 Nov 2019 TAGBILARAN CITY — The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Bohol has rescued two women and a girl from the hands of an alleged pimp in a resort in this city on Saturday afternoon.

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By Divina Suson, 22 Nov 2019 ILIGAN CITY — Police operatives here arrested a 22-year-old woman Thursday night for allegedly soliciting customers for five prostituted women through online transactions.