Court orders release of woman mistaken for human trafficking convict

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 01/25/2017

CEBU CITY–A Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge in Cebu City on Wednesday ordered the release of a female detainee who was arrested by agents of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in Central Visayas (CIDG-7) after she…

Communities urged to help find three convicted human traffickers

Izobelle T. Pulgo 12/21/2016

The International Justice Mission is calling on everyone to help in apprehending convicted human traffickers Neopito Dizon, Annie Dizon and Jocelyn Cardona who remain at large. In a press conference on Wednesday morning Atty. Samson Innocencio Jr.,…

Cleared

Editorial 11/11/2016

The dismissal of the trafficking charges filed against an American couple who supposedly ran an orphanage without the proper documents may be an eye-opener in terms of how the authorities deal with foreigners who come into contact…

I have a voice

Sofia Aliño Logarta 11/02/2016

I Have a Voice: Trafficked Women — In Their Own Words” reveals to us the life stories of young women who all experienced various forms of violence in their lives. They have undergone healing. We are grateful…

2 spa operators indicted

Izobelle T. Pulgo 10/17/2016

THE two spa operators who were arrested during a raid last week for operating a massage parlor that offers “extra services” were indicted with human trafficking charges before the court. The Office of Cebu City Prosecutor has…

Children and butterflies

Morexette Erram 09/10/2016

How cyberpornography cases involving kids inspired artist to make Joya Award–winning pieces Fatima Village is situated along the shores of seaside Barangay Ibabao, Cordova town, and in the morning of September 8 this year, Cordova Municipal Police…

SEVEN KIDS RESCUED

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Nestle L. Semilla, Norman V. Mendoza 09/08/2016

Seven children have fallen victims to cyberpornography. And it happened in Cordova town. Again. Police operatives yesterday arrested a couple who allegedly exposed their children to cyberpornography in Barangay Ibabao of the seaside town of Cordova on…

Judge sentences female pimp to 15 years

Izobelle T. Pulgo 08/18/2016

Judge Ferdinand Rafanan of Branch 55 of the Mandaue City Regional Trial Court sentenced a female pimp to 15 years after she was convicted of charges of human trafficking Thursday morning. Reynes was also fined P500,000 and…

Gains, new online threat cited

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/29/2016

As the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) cited in-roads in the fight against human trafficking with the decrease in the availability of children for commercial sex in Metro Cebu, it also acknowledged the emergence of other forms…

Council mulls efforts to sustain Tier 1 ranking in fight against human trafficking

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 07/29/2016

Local officials and authorities welcomed the improvement of the Philippines from Tier 2 to Tier 1 in terms of efforts against human trafficking. In a press conference Friday morning, the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) 7 said…

Swede facing qualified trafficking raps

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/27/2016

A Swedish national is facing qualified trafficking charges over allegations that he sexually exploited a minor by taking advantage of her economic vulnerability. Separate cases were filed last Tuesday before the Regional Trial Court against Lars Goran…

2 convicted for trafficking own kids

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/20/2016

FOR sexually exploiting their own children, a couple was convicted of trafficking persons through plea bargaining last July 19. Judge Mercedita Dadole-Ygnacio of Mandaue City Regional Trial Court, Branch 28 sentenced the two accused, who were charged…

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