Trafficking in Persons

by SAMEERA HAFIZ, Jan. 16, 2017 Anti-trafficking campaigns can help to tip the scales towards justice, but they will only succeed if they are grounded in the lived experiences of survivors and oriented towards systemic solutions.

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by Sarah Godoy, Forbes, January 10, 2017 January 11th marks National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, an opportunity for community members to show support for trafficking victims and survivors through simple acts–like wearing blue and sharing #WearBlueDay on social media–or fully immersing themselves in the anti-trafficking movement, and everything in between.

By The Nation, January 11, 2017 The US Agency for International Development (USAID) Thursday launched a US$21.5-million-worth programme to counter human trafficking in Asia by awarding a contract a US development organisation.

by Olivia Enos, Forbes, January 10, 2017 January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month – a month that recognizes the need to combat this evil, which victimizes as many as 45.8 million people worldwide. This is a human rights issue with implications for national security. Trafficking generates an estimated $150 billion annually in…

by —JULIE M. AURELIO, Philippine Daily Inquirer The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) cautioned aspiring overseas Filipino workers against fake job offers in Canada which are being circulated on the Internet.

By Armida D. Rico, Noel Abuel, Abante, January 7, 2017 Muling binalaan kahapon ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang publiko laban sa mga pekeng trabaho na iniaalok sa internet, sa pamamagitan ng email at social media.

by Lindsay Murdoch, 4 Jan 2017 Bangkok: A “human trafficking syndicate” has been hiring Filipino women to travel to Cambodia to carry surrogacy babies for foreigners, including Australians, Philippine authorities say.

By Pia Lee-Brago (The Philippine Star), Dec. 23, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Children make up almost a third of all human trafficking victims worldwide, while women and girls comprise 71 percent, according to a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) report.

By: Ed Margareth Barahan – @inquirerdotnetINQUIRER.net, Dec 22, 2016 The Philippine Embassy in Lisbon reminded the public on Thursday to be “extra cautious” with jobs offers by bogus companies and individuals as well as issuances of entry or working visas for companies in Portugal or other countries in Europe over the internet.

Ban spoke the same day the Security Council unanimously approved its first-ever draft resolution on human trafficking in conflict situations. By: AP, Dec. 21, 2016 Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Tuesday on all countries to investigate and prosecute cases of human trafficking and said the most vulnerable victims are women, children and refugees caught…

By Ellen Wulfhorst / Thomson Reuters Foundation, Dec. 21, 2016 NEW YORK — The face of human trafficking is changing with more children and men falling prey and more victims trapped in forced labor than a decade ago, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, Dec. 21.

by Gulf Times, Dec. 21, 2016 The State of Qatar has reaffirmed that it will continue to support UN Security Council’s efforts to put an end to the phenomenon of trafficking in persons in conflict-affected areas, and to achieve international peace and security in the region and the world.

ABS-CBN News, Dec 03 2016 06:06 AM, http://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/12/02/16/watch-the-philippines-and-human-trafficking As a developing country, the Philippines is vulnerable to human trafficking. Problems connected with poverty force most Filipinos to seek jobs outside the country, forming a culture of migration that contributes to human trafficking.

By KARINA V. CANEDO, December 02, 2016, Sun Star MORE and more delegations from other countries come to the Philippines to observe programs against trafficking in persons (TIP), Department of Justice undersecretary Erickson Balmes said.

By Noel Abuel, October 28, 2016, Abante Naharang ng mga tauhan ng Bureau of Immigration (BI) sa Ninoy Aquino International­ ­Airport (NAIA) ang isang Filipina na biktima ng ­human trafficking na nagtangkang umalis ng ­bansa gamit ang pekeng ­dokumento.

By Noel Abuel October 21, 2016, Abante Aabot sa 82 menor-de-edad ang nasagip at 239 na child traffickers ang inarestro ng Ope­ration Cross Country ng Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sa anim na bansa kabilang ang Pilipinas.

By Noel Abuel, Abante, August 18, 2016 Nagpakalat na ng maraming tauhan ang Bureau of Immigration (BI) sa border stations sa Mindanao region at sa Palawan upang mapigilan ang mga sindikato ng human trafficking na nambibiktima sa mga ino­senteng kababaihan patungo sa ibang bansa.

By Armida Rico, Abante, June 29, 2016 Muling pinayuhan kahapon ng pamunuan ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) ang lahat ng naghahanap ng trabaho na huwag maniwala sa mga naglipanang job offers sa Facebook at Twitter.

By Noel Abuel, Abante, June 27, 2016 Dumulog sa Hong Kong (HK) police ang 12 Filipino domestic workers matapos na umano’y matangayan ng malaking halaga ng salapi ng isang recruitment agency kapalit ng trabaho sa bansang Canada.

By Jun Borlongan, Abante, June 24, 2016 Dalawampu’t isang katao ang dinakip ng opera­tiba ng Philippine National Police-Anti Cyber Crime Group (PNP-ACCG) makaraang salakayin ang isang pinaghihinalaang cybersex den na pawang mga dayuhang customer ang kanilang binibiktima sa malalaswang website sa San Martin, Barangay Sapang Palay, San Jose del Monte City, Bulacan kamakalawa.

By Rey Galupo (The Philippine Star), Apr. 26, 2016 MANILA, Philippines – Eight people, including minors, were rescued when police raided an illegal recruitment agency in Caloocan City on Sunday.

By LAURA SECORUN PALET, February 17, 2016 There’s nothing sexy about forced porn. Bekunda Sunday still remembers the pride in his mom’s voice when he told her he’d landed a job in Kenya. He was 24 and studying tourism in Kampala, the capital of next-door Uganda. Struggling for money, he couldn’t believe his luck when…

by Agence France-Presse, Jun 11 2015 MANILA – Filipino police have freed eight children from a house in Manila where they were allegedly sold for prostitution and forced to have sex for an online audience, authorities said Thursday.