Trafficking in Persons

By Jeffrey Damicog, Manila Bulletin, Jun 23, 2018 The Inter-Agency Council Against Human Trafficking (IACAT) was able to rescue in May a total of 176 victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment.

By Jeffrey G. Damicog, Tempo, Jun 1, 2018 Three suspected human traffickers preying on minors for prostitution were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation during an operation in Rizal last May 28.

By Jeffrey Damicog, Manila Bulletin, May 31, 2018 Three suspected pimps were arrested, while, 12 female victims including 10 minors were rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) during an operation conducted in Rizal.

Nicole-Anne C. Lagrimas/KBK, GMA News, May 30, 2018 The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has rescued 12 women, 10 of whom are minors, and arrested three alleged human traffickers in a resort in Pililia, Rizal.

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQUIRER.net, May 24, 2018 More than 40 human trafficking victims have been rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Manila.

Guevarra commends fiscal in human trafficking case Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra lauded the Office of the City Prosecutor (OCP) of San Fernando, La Union for convicting a human trafficker.

by DELFIN T. MALLARI JR., Inquirer Southern Luzon, May 12, 2018 LUCENA CITY – Police rescued a 16-year-old girl from three suspected human traffickers in Tiaong town in Quezon province Friday night, police reported.

by Madonna Timbal-Senajon, ABS-CBN News, May 08 2018 Kulungan ang bagsak ng mag-amang suspek na nahaharap sa kasong human trafficking at child abuse matapos na gawing trabahador at abusuhin ang 13 batang Japanese nationals na pinangakuang pagaaralin ng English at karate. Photo courtesy of IGACOS Police IGACOS, Davao del Norte – Nasagip ng awtoridad ang…

by Christell Fatima M. Tudtud (The Freeman) – Apr 9, 2018 CEBU, Philippines — Two sisters were arrested for alleged sex trafficking while their three young victims were rescued during a police operation in a well-known hotel in Barangay Gun-ob, Lapu-Lapu City Saturday night.

Minors flee Pampanga farm; QC cops arrest traffickers By: Matthew Reysio-Cruz – @inquirerdotnet Philippine Daily Inquirer, Apr 09, 2018 Two of four minors forced to work as farmhands in Pampanga province escaped on Friday by walking for six hours to get to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) where they got on a bus bound for…

by Mayen Jaymalin (The Philippine Star), Mar 21, 2018 MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) warned jobseekers yesterday against fake job offers in London.

BY KENNETH TEE, Mar 13, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The police said today they will consider roping in non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help investigations on human exploitation and trafficking.

by Julius N. Leonen, Inquirer, Mar 9, 2018 Government operatives have rescued five minors from a reported child pornography distributor during a raid of a safehouse in Barangay Anilao, Malolos City, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said on Friday.

7 girls, 3 women rescued from sex ring MANILA, Philippines — At least 10 females, seven of them minors, were rescued from a prostitution ring based in a hotel in Tondo, Manila Wednesday night.

By Rene Alviar, Philippine News Agency, Mar 3, 2018 MANILA — Filipino nationals engaged in illegal recruitment and human trafficking outside the country can be reached and prosecuted by the long arm of Philippine law, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief warned.

by ABS-CBN News, Feb 27, 2018 Authorities have rescued a three-year-old boy from a suspected cybersex operation in Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu on Monday afternoon.

Sunday, February 25, 2018 By RONALD O. REYES, Feb 25, 2018 THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Anti-Human Trafficking Division rescued 13 cybersex victims, including minors, in separate operations in Tacloban City and Culaba town, Biliran province, last Friday, February 23. The victims were rescued when NBI agents conducted an entrapment operation against three suspects…

Drew Frederick Shobbrook sexually exploits the girls and records them, then sells the videos on the internet by Lian Buan, Rappler, Feb 20, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – The Cebu Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 20 convicted on Tuesday, February 20, Australian national Drew Frederick Shobbrook of human trafficking, sentencing him to life in prison.

CYBERSEX TRAFFICKING By KIERAN GUILBERT, Reuters LONDON, United Kingdom – Children are being sexually exploited, trafficked and sold online on an unprecedented scale as technological advances enable abusers to target victims with impunity, a coalition of governments, charities and tech companies said on Wednesday.

By Philippines News Agency – Feb 14, 2018 The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) cautioned Filipino workers who are working in Macau against those who are offering employment in mainland China.

by ABS-CBN News, Feb 14, 2018 LUCENA, Quezon – Nailigtas ng mga awtoridad ang 3 menor de edad na ibinubugaw umano ng isang babae sa mga lalaking parokyano sa isang hotel sa bayan na ito, Miyerkoles.

Women being offered domestic work in Saudi Arabia go to the labor department when they find Imad Housin Hamdan’s promises too good to be true by Aika Rey, Rappler, Feb 6, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – A Jordanian national was arrested in an entrapment operation for illegal recruitment, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) announced…

by JULIE M. AURELIO, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 2, 2018 The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has prevented a total of 37,856 overseas-bound Filipinos and 2,300 foreigners from leaving the country in 2017 as part of its efforts to curb human trafficking.

Thursday, February 01, 2018 By GEROME M. DALIPE, Sunstar, Feb 1, 2018 Cebu Regional Trial Court Judge Soliver Peras has convicted a pimp of recruiting two women for sexual exploitation in 2014. Judge Peras found Frankie Arnaiz Basera guilty of violating Sec. 4 of Republic Act (RA) 10364 or the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act,…

BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG , Manila Times, Jan 28, 2018 BACOLOD CITY: Operatives of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested a Jordanian, identified as Imad Housni Hamdan, for recruiting domestic helpers for Saudi Arabia in Barangay Bagacay, Dumaguete City. Complainants Jenypher Alcoran of Bacong, Negros Oriental, Sarah Jane Fabros and Ma. Blessyl Sarao, both…

The Velonzas allegedly confiscated Bergado’s passport and forced her to work ’14 hours a day and 7 days a week, for virtually no pay, for almost 3 years’ by Don Kevin Hapal, Rappler, Jan 10, 2018 MANILA, Philippines – A Filipina victim of human trafficking filed a lawsuit against her employers for allegedly forcing her…

by Rae Ann Varona, Jan 4, 2017 LOS ANGELES — An upscale Southern California oceanfront resort has been accused of human trafficking violations and exploiting its foreign interns, a majority of whom are from the Philippines and other Asian countries.

By Samuel Medenilla, Manila Bulletin, Jan 2, 2017 Russia remains a closed market for Filipino household service workers (HSW) for now, according to the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA).

BY ATTY. DODO DULAY, Manila Times, Jan 2, 2018 A RISING threat faced by our overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) abroad does not stem from their employer or jobsite but rather, from human trafficking syndicates targeting our expatriate workers overseas.

by Oliver Samson | Dec 1, 2017 MANILA – A group comprising different congregations has grown more muscles in the past 8 years while combating human trafficking in the country as well as in its Asian neighbors. “The more anti-human trafficking advocates, the better,” said Sr. Mary Adel Abamo, the group’s Philippine coordinator. “More can…