Trafficking in Persons

BY THE MANILA TIMES, OCTOBER 20, 2017 TWO alleged cybersex traffickers who sold children to foreigners online were arrested in Manila, an official said on Friday. In a press briefing on Friday, Senior Supt. Villamor Tuliao, Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division Director, reported that suspects Jamil Sampaga and Anthony Mabansag were charged…

Kieran Guilbert, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Oct 19, 2017 LONDON – A landmark ruling by Britain’s highest court in favor of a Filipino domestic worker who alleges she was trafficked and treated like a slave by a Saudi diplomat could pave the way for other victims to seek justice, activists said on Wednesday.

BY M G MARTIN, Oct 12, 2017 http://philippineslifestyle.com/uncle-pimped-girl-10/ The arrest followed a tip-off by Australian police who tracked the man’s activity on the dark web A junior school teacher has been arrested on suspicion for pimping out his 10-year-old niece to a foreign child abuser.

By: Rosalie Abatayo @cebudailynews, Sep 17, 2017 EVEN while the suspect remains at large, police authorities are set to file today a criminal case for human trafficking against a 25-year-old woman, who sold nude videos of her two-year-old daughter and a 21-year-old neighbor to sexual predators online.

By John Unson (philstar.com), Sep 14, 2017 MAGUINDANAO, Philippines — Two families whose breadwinners are scheduled for execution in Saudi Arabia each received a pair of cattle from the government for breeding and fattening projects.

by Agence France-Presse, Sep 13, 2017 San José, Costa Rica — The anonymity afforded by the internet — especially in the dark web — is hindering efforts by organizations to fight human trafficking, especially the sexual exploitation of minors, experts from key groups said Tuesday.

BY ATTY. DODO DULAY, Manila Times, Sep 12, 2017 EVERYONE knows that the words “legal” and “trafficking” shouldn’t go together. These are two contradictory terms when taken literally. An oxymoron, as my former English teacher would call it. But I coined the term “legal trafficking” to best describe the phenomenon—which of late appears to be…

by Sunstar, Sep 10, 2017 THE Women and Children’s Protection Center (WCPC) yesterday arrested two suspected human traffickers in an entrapment in Barangay Tisa, Cebu City. It also rescued two girls, age 14 and 15, who were allegedly made to do sexual acts that the suspects shot on a smartphone and livestreamed to clients for…

By: Tetch Torres-Tupas, INQINQUIRER.net, Sep 4, 2017 The 55-year-old priest, who was arrested after being caught with a 13-year-old girl on their way to a motel last month, is again facing human trafficking charges, this time before the Department of Justice (DOJ).

By KRISTY INUS, Straits Times, Aug 23, 2017 KOTA KINABALU: They were tempted to Malaysia with promises of jobs as waitresses, but the six Filipinas were instead cooped up in a house in Kampung Peringatan.

By KEVIN A. LAGUNDA CHRISTY, Sun Star, Aug 21, 2017 Mae Arriesgado cried after learning that she cannot post bail, saying she has a one-year-old daughter to take care of. “I want to get out of here,” she said.

By: Morexette Marie B. Erram, @cebudailynews, Aug 18, 2017 TWO minors were rescued from an alleged online sexual exploitation in Lapu-lapu City on Friday morning. In an entrapment operation conducted by Lapu-lapu City Police, the adult who allegedly exploited the two 14-year old girls was also arrested in a residential house at Sitio Salvage, Barangay Looc…

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INQUIRER.net, Aug 15, 2017 Image from Facebook/Asuncion Lairocse Lorain Like most Filipinos seeking greener pastures, Lorain Asuncion left her family in the Philippines to earn bigger bucks abroad.

by: Philippine News Agency | 02/08/2017 ZAMBOANGA CITY — Nine victims of human trafficking, including four minors, were rescued in a remote island town of Sulu, local police said Wednesday.

By Ghio Ong (The Philippine Star), Aug 1, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – A human trafficking syndicate set up an online chat group to contact foreign and local clients for sex with minors, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday.

By Rosabell C. Toledo, Jul 31, 2017 It always happens like this. A big fish—like suspected Australian child-sex predator Peter Scully—falls for the bait, and the nation heaves a collective sigh. Harrowing stories about his operation of pedophile rings in various cities in Mindanao go viral, and citizens express disgust, pity for the, mostly minors,…

By: Jodee A. Agoncillo, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jul 30, 2017 A priest who heads a Catholic school was arrested on Friday night as he was allegedly taking a 13-year-old girl to a motel in Marikina City.

by Andy Chua, Inquirer, Jul 29, 2017 SIBU, Sarawak, Malaysia — A manager of a massage center has been detained after police rescued four Filipina masseuses who alleged they were forced into prostitution.

by Pathricia Ann V. Roxas, Inquirer, Jul 28, 2017 Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 17 minors being offered for sexual services in Caloocan City on Thursday.

Associated Press, INQUIRER.net US Bureau, Jul 28, 2017 OKLAHOMA CITY — Owners of an Oklahoma hotel and other businesses engaged in a human trafficking scheme that lured workers from the Philippines promising good wages but instead paid them less than the minimum wage, according to a lawsuit.

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by ROBBY JOY D. SALVERON, Davaotoday, Jul 27, 2017 Deputy Regional Prosecutor Barbara Mae Flores of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) Region XI expresses concern over the rise of prostitution among teenagers due to human trafficking. In a press conference in Davao City on Friday, July 27 Flores said most cases of human trafficking…

By ADAM KEALOHA CAUSEY AND KEN MILLER, ASSOCIATED PRESS OKLAHOMA CITY, Jul 27, 2017 Owners of an Oklahoma hotel and other businesses engaged in a human trafficking scheme that lured workers from the Philippines promising good wages but instead paid them less than the minimum wage, according to a lawsuit.

By: Jigger J. Jerusalem , Inquirer Mindanao, Jul 12, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Authorities on Wednesday said they were investigating the extent of the operation of a group running a cybersex den following a raid in Gingoog City on Monday.

By Evelyn Macairan (The Philippine Star), Jul 8, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) yesterday reported that more than 43,000 people have been barred from leaving the country during the first year of the Duterte administration as part of the policy of offloading suspected undocumented overseas workers.

Christopher Lloyd T. Caliwan with Monica Guevarra-OJT/PNA), Jul 7, 2017 MANILA, July 7 — The Bureau of Immigration (BI) has vowed to intensify its campaign against human trafficking as it reported that more than 43,000 people were barred from leaving the country during the past year for failure to comply with existing requirements for departing…

We publish our Anti-Slavery Charter: a blueprint for effective action against slavery across the globe. People in debt-bondage making bricks in India 6 July 2017 “Slavery does not merely mean a legalised form of subjection. It means a state of society in which some [human beings] are forced to accept from others the purposes which…

(The Philippine Star, Jul 2, 2017) MANILA, Philippines – An American real-estate company’s court-ordered raid of an online outsourcing company’s headquarters in the Philippines has yielded data linking the latter to an embattled classified advertising website accused of engaging in human trafficking and prostitution, an exclusive story by NBC News has reported.