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…

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…

Swede died after jumping off ship

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/21/2016

A Swedish national facing charges of human trafficking died yesterday after he jumped off a vessel, about 900 meters from the port of Sta. Fe town on Bantayan Island, northern Cebu. Walter Hauck, in his 60s, hit…

Swedish national accused of trafficking jumps off vessel, dead

Jhunnex Napallacan 06/21/2016

A Swedish national accused of human trafficking died after he jumped off a vessel about five nautical miles or 900 meters to the port of Sta Fe, Bantayan Island shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday. Walter Hauck was…

Japanese senior caught with minor inside motel

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/10/2016

A 69-year-old Japanese national was caught with a minor inside his motel room by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) at Gen. Maxilom Avenue at 3:30 p.m. last Wednesday. The Japanese identified as Yoshiyo Morino…

NBI arrests Japanese tourist inside motel room

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/10/2016

The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI 7) arrested a 69-year-old Japanese tourist who’s accused of trafficking and raping a minor. Yoshiyo Morino was with a 15-year-old girl and clad in only his boxer shorts…

TEEN MOTHER’S REGRET

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 12/06/2015

She took  sex video of niece  at home as NBI  agents arrived; US Homeland traced her in Cordova She knew it was wrong but the $60 payment was easy to earn. When agents of the National Bureau…

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…

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