Monday, May 28, 2012

15 human trafficking victims rescued in Tawi-Tawi | Sun.Star

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2012/05/25/15-human-trafficking-victims-rescued-223377 

Source: Sun.Star

Friday, May 25, 2012

TWO inter-agency task forces have rescued 15 female victims of human trafficking on two separate operations in Tawi-Tawi province, officials disclosed Friday.
Senior Superintendent Rodelio Jocson, Tawi-Tawi police director, said eight of the 15 victims were rescued on Wednesday while the remaining seven, including one minor, were rescued on Thursday.
Jocson said the victims were rescued while they were about to be transported out of the country, most likely to nearby Malaysia, from Bongao town in Tawi-Tawi.
The victims were rescued by the combined forces of the Tawi-Tawi Police Provincial Anti-Trafficking Task Group (PATTG) and the Bongao Inter-Agency Task Forces Against Trafficking (BIATFAT).
The latest rescue has brought to a total of 59 human trafficking victims rescued in a week’s time here in Western Mindanao area.
Jocson said the victims were turned over to the Visayan Forum Foundation (VFF) for proper disposition.
The VFF is a non-stock, non-profit organization that works for the protection of vulnerable migrants, including victims of human trafficking, forced labor, and other modern-day forms of slavery.
Ailyn Repadas, a VFF staff, said that some of the victims are from Zamboanga City and nearby provinces in the region and as well as from the Visayas and Luzon regions.
Last May 12, the local police rescued 44 victims of human trafficking and arrested the alleged recruiter at a hotel in this city.
The 44 victims are all residents of Makiri and Timpul villages in Isabela City, the capital of the nearby province of Basilan.
They were allegedly recruited by Khaiser Alih, also of Isabela City, who promised the minors a scholarship grant from the National Youth Commission and jobs in Manila.
The suspects had been detained and cases of illegal recruitment, child abuse and large scale estafa were filed against him, the police said. (Bong Garcia)
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