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Legarda calls, quizzes gov't anti-trafficking hotline at DOJ budget hearing
Because of the good answers of the call center agent, Senator Loren Legarda vows to increase the budget of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking
2-year-old victim of online sex trafficking rescued in Iligan
Authorities catch the suspects live streaming sexual abuse of Filipino minors
U.S. to provide $3.5 million to help PH combat child trafficking
Under the agreement signed by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and US Chargé d Affaires Michael Klecheski NGOs will have their share of the fund
News Briefs: March 8, 2017
Stories from across the Philippines on Wednesday March 8
DSWD cited for anti-human trafficking campaign
From 2011 to June 2016 the agency has served about 9 400 victims
US to PH: Punish officials linked to human trafficking
The Philippines remains under the Tier 2 ranking of the US Trafficking in Persons TIP report – it does not fully comply with minimum standards to eliminate trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so
POEA stresses links of illegal recruiters with drug syndicates
Senators Cynthia Villar and Nancy Binay also urges budget increase for legal assistance to OFWs
DOJ wants action plan vs trafficking to strife-torn Syria
Reports reach the justice department that underground migration is happening with Filipinos wanting to get househelp work falling prey to the hands of syndicates
Undocumented Filipino teachers in US asked to come forward
The Philippine embassy in the US vows to pin down an illegal recruiter who had victimized 1 000 Filipino teachers from 2003 to 2007
IOM to launch anti-human trafficking initiative with US State Department
An initiative against human trafficking will be launched on October 20 in Tacloban City
#Malaya campaign launched to fight human trafficking
We are counting on you the youth to rise up and define your generation as the one that will finally and definitely put an end to modern day slavery Justice Secretary Leila De Lima says to the youth participants
Palace: PH trying its best to convict human traffickers
A US trafficking report however says Corruption at all levels of government including Philippine diplomatic missions abroad enabled traffickers and undermined the government’s overall efforts to combat trafficking
US to PH: Convict more labor traffickers
The US State Department says the Philippines has failed to meet minimum standards to end modern day slavery
Police nab 7 in Pangasinan for online prostitution
Police rounded up 94 women reportedly working as English online tutors for Japanese clients
BI: Financial proof not requisite for travel abroad
Travelers will only be asked to present additional supporting documents if circumstances appear to be inconsistent with the declared purpose of the trips
Ople: Stiffer penalties for human traffickers in Yolanda areas
Susan Ople says the current law on human traffickers is too lax
Palace: Cybercrime law will help curb online sex abuse
The Palace is hopeful that telecommunications companies and officials could agree on how to proceed with the Cybercrime law
NBI hunts down syndicate of Filipina drug mule
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima says if drug couriers turn out to be victims of human trafficking too the anti trafficking council will join the probe too
De Lima: 3 more cases in 'sex-for-flight' scheme
Justice Secretary De Lima says she met with Rep Walden Bello to discuss the sex for flight scheme
Trafficking in Persons report: PH still under Tier 2
The Philippines is a source country and to a much lesser extent a destination and transit country for men women and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor
