Trafficking in Persons

03/04/2017 http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2017/04/03/pope_%E2%80%98human_trafficking_worsening/1303041 (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis told a Vienna “Trafficking in Persons” conference on Monday it is time to put an end to the “worsening tragedy” of child trafficking and slavery. The Pope’s words came in a message read out by Fr. Michael Czerny, SJ, Under-secretary of the Migrants and Refugees Section of the Dicastery…

By: Allan Macatuno, INQInquirer, Mar 29, 2017 OLONGAPO CITY — Six teenaged girls were rescued on Tuesday (March 28) by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) from an alleged human trafficker operating at Subic town in Zambales province.

By IVY C. TEJANO, Mar 27, 2017 THE Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (Iacat)-Davao Region recorded 95 cases filed in court for anti-trafficking in persons since December 2016. Records obtained from the Iacat showed that of the 95 cases, 14 resulted to conviction, 14 were dismissed, four were withdrawn, 12 were archived, six were acquitted and…

By: Marlene Alcaide, News5, Mar 22, 2017 At least three persons were rounded up when law enforcement elements swooped in on a suspected human trafficking ring operation in Taguig City Wednesday.

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GMA News Online, Mar 18, 2017 Thirteen minors who fell victim to a human trafficking ring allegedly being run by two sisters have been rescued by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in an operation in Dasmariñas City, Cavite.

Philippine Daily Inquirer Investigation has arrested two sisters involved in child pornography and sexual trafficking and rescued 13 minors in Dasmarinas, Cavite province.

Read more here http://harvardpolitics.com/world/trafficking-in-persons-report/  

Support for survivors of human trafficking and modern slavery is not good enough to meet their needs, says a new report from over 23 anti- slavery organisations. Government-funded support for human trafficking survivors ends abruptly and too early and there is little information or data as to what happens to them in the longer term.…

Recruits complain of false promises, unpaid salaries, poor living conditions in Isabela bioethanol facility Philippine Daily Inquirer, Mar 06, 2017 CAUAYAN CITY—As many as 112 sugarcane workers were taken from a bioethanol plantation on Friday night by a team formed to combat human trafficking in Isabela.

by Aytch Dela Cruz, Mar 5, 2017 The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) urged the public anew to report all cases of human trafficking through its hotline number 1343 in its continuing and intensified campaign against the crime.

By SYLVIA YU, Thomson Reuters Foundation, Mar 1, 2017 HONG KONG – As she smiles at customers and makes small talk with regulars in a Hong Kong bar, Kat’s every move is being watched by an older woman, a pimp who answers to the name “Mama-san.”

Feb 28, 2017 Rights groups in the Philippines are pushing for better support for victims of human trafficking. They say victims are often treated as criminals, and cases can remain tied up in the courts for years. Watch the video here.

By: InterAksyon.com, Feb 22, 2017 In a decision that marked victory for Filipino seafarers who worked for inland shipping in the Netherlands, a Rotterdam court ruled that officers of the employment agency Gyron Crew are guilty of human smuggling and fraud.

By Betchai Julian, Abante, Feb 18, 2017 Isang umano’y kasamahan ng isang Australian pedophile na si Peter Gerard Scully na naging kontrobersyal sa paggawa ng “Destruction of Daisy” na sex at physical abuse videos ang naaresto ng pulisya sa Barangay 18, Malaybalay City sa Bukidnon noong Huwebes.

By: Kristine Angeli Sabillo, INQINQUIRER.net Feb 13, 2017 The Philippines has ratified the The Convention against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (ACTIP).

LUISITA WORKERS’ PLIGHT Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb 12, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—A recruitment agency denied claims that workers from Bukidnon who were hired to work in Hacienda Luisita had been packed into dorm facilities that were not fit for habitation.

Sunstar, Feb 10, 2017 COMBINED military and police operatives have rescued two victims of human trafficking in the province of Tawi-Tawi, a military official said Friday, February 10.

By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr., Philippine Daily Inquirer, Feb. 05, 2017 LUCENA CITY—Authorities have uncovered more than 10 cybersex dens catering to foreign clients in Lucena City, but most had been shut down before they could be raided as a police operation against one had alerted the others, a National Bureau of Investigation officer said…

Feb. 4, 2017, http://www.theborneopost.com/2017/02/04/5-filipinas-rescued-in-ops-on-human-trafficking/ MIRI: Five Filipinas were rescued during a police operation held on Friday on human trafficking.

By Ronilo Dagos, Abante, Feb. 3, 2017 Arestado ang pitong bading sa raid ng magkakasanib na puwersa ng Criminal Investigation Division Group (CIDG), Philippine National Police (PNP) Anti Cyber Crime Group at mga operatiba ng Lucena PNP sa raid sa isang cybersex den sa St. Jude Subdivision, Brgy. Mayao Crossing, Lucena City.

By: Delfin T. Mallari Jr., @inquirerdotnetInquirer Southern Luzon, February 01, 2017 LUCENA CITY – Police arrested seven people in a house that was turned into a cybersex den in Barangay (village) Mayao Crossing here on Wednesday morning.

By: Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Jan. 26th, 2017 Liezyl Margallo, at 23 years old, looks like any normal Filipina you meet in the street. Behind that seemingly innocent look, however, lurks a very disturbed and monstrous past that kept her on the run for nearly two years.

Tempo, Jan. 20, 2017 The Bureau of Immigration said yesterday that more than 45,000 Filipinos, mostly women, were disallowed from leaving the country last year as it vowed to continue its no letup campaign against the lucrative human trafficking racket.

Workers’ group to file raps vs recruiter, firm inside estate by JIGGER J. JERUSALEM, Jan. 17, 2017 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Workers who fled allegedly slave-like conditions in Hacienda Luisita are filing charges of human trafficking against their recruiter and the company that runs a sugar mill in the estate owned by the family of former…

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.

View the video here.

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…