Woman facing trafficking charge

Izobelle T. Pulgo, Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 01/30/2017

A SUSPECTED human trafficker is now facing trial after allegedly “pimping” girls to foreign costumers at rates ranging from P2,500 to P3,000. Flora Mae Sususco, 23, is facing a qualified trafficking in person charge before the Regional…

Briton nabbed, teen girl rescued in Sta. Fe town

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 08/07/2016

A 43-YEAR-OLD British cook was arrested while a 16-year-old girl was rescued in Barangay Talisay, Sta. Fe last Saturday night. Police said Damian John Selfe, a native of Hampshire, United Kingdom, has been in Sta. Fe since…

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…

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…

Child porn traced to 3 Lapu women

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 08/14/2015

Three women, two of them mothers, were arrested yesterday in Lapu-Lapu City for allegedly taking part in  child pornography using photos of their children and other minors. The suspects were arrested by agents of the National Bureau…

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