Human trafficking case filed against Briton

Izobelle T. Pulgo 07/03/2016

Briton also indicted for violating Cybercrime Prevention Act A British national was charged in the Regional Trial Court with large-scale human trafficking involving seven women and for having in his possession pornographic materials that he produced and…

Trafficking raps against two women

Izobelle T. Pulgo 06/26/2016

Charges of trafficking and illegal recruitment were elevated in court against a female recruiter accused of exploiting four women, three of them Cebuanas, at her home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Cebu City Prosecutor’s Office issued a…

Japson proposes measure to combat human trafficking

Julit C. Jainar 02/17/2016

A city legislator is proposing an ordinance requiring establishments engaged in the hotel industry to put up a poster or notice against human trafficking. Councilor Lea Japson presented her proposed measure during yesterday’s regular session. If approved,…

Cebuana rescued from sex trade in Manila

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/11/2016

Cecilia (not her real name), a mother of nine, believed her 17-year-old daughter was going to Cebu City to work when she left their home in Poro, Camotes Islands last month. Little did she know that Ashley…

Camotes minor, two others rescued from Laguna bar

Victor Anthony V. Silva 01/11/2016

A 17-year-old girl left her hometown on Camotes Island, northeast of here, last month after an uncle told her that a job with bigger pay was waiting for her in Manila. But Carla (not her real name)…

Sustained drive vs. trafficking pushed

12/27/2015

ADVOCATES against gender-based violence are pushing for a sustained campaign against human trafficking and webcam child sex tourism. During a forum held at the University of the Philippines Cebu recently, Prof. Henry Francis Espiritu said their advocacy…

Woman nabbed for Human Trafficking charges

Norman V. Mendoza 12/11/2015

A 36-YEAR-OLD woman who is facing human trafficking charges was arrested in barangay Marigondon, Lapu-Lapu City. Rosalie Cuyos Brown was arrested in her house in sitio Mar Beach last Wednesday afternoon. The arrest was based on a…

City Hall shuts down bikini bar

Marc Eric Cosep 11/27/2015

The Cebu City government  shut down a bikini bar in Mango Avenue after the Regional Trial Court found  three of its  female workers guilty of human trafficking. A closure order on Red Lips Bikini Bar was implemented…

Mother, daughter convicted of trafficking kids in Bohol

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/17/2015

A Tagalog  mother and her daughter were convicted for   recruiting and transporting 15 adolescent girls from  Bohol province to Angeles City  in Pampanga in 2011 as part of a cybersex operation. Emma Leocadio and her daughter Sherryl…

Traffickers leave clubs, head off to cyberspace

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 11/05/2015

  While incidence of child prostitution and sexual exploitation in Cebu City bars and night clubs went down, human traffickers shifted to cyberpornography, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said yesterday. “Times are changing. We’ve noticed a…

Trafficking, child abuse cases filed against 17-yo girl

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/27/2015

A 17-year-old girl is facing trial for allegedly exposing young girls to prostitution and selling nude photos of them to foreigners online. She had several foreigner friends in her Facebook account and even passed around naked photos…

Elders of 15-year-old runaway face charges of human trafficking

Apple Ta-as 08/14/2015

The guardians of a 15-year-old runaway accused of stealing P150,000 cash from a parked car in Cebu City  were charged with human trafficking for accepting the  boy’s loot. Rommel and Dyna Felices Quan were charged  with violating…

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