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Tag: human trafficking

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    Categories News Trafficking Casewatch

    VERA FILES AT 10: Rising number of trafficked fishermen alarms Tawi-Tawi authorities

    By JAKE SORIANO  |  Apr 23, 2018 4:02 AM

    10 years, 10 stories.

    human trafficking, tawi-tawi, vera files at 10

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    Categories Fact Check Filipino News

    ​VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Giyera ng PH laban sa human trafficking

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 17, 2017 11:37 PM

    Sa isang komentaryo nitong Nob. 8, binatikos ni Sen. Leila De Lima, nakakulong na kritiko ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, ang digmaan ng kasalukuyang administrasyon sa mga droga at ikinumpara ito sa kanyang “pakikibaka laban sa human trafficking.”

    De Lima, human trafficking

  • Trafficking in MENA region.jpg
    Categories FACT CHECK News

    VERA FILES FACT SHEET: PH’s war against human trafficking

    By VERA Files  |  Nov 16, 2017 8:14 PM

    Three facts about the country’s war against modern slavery.

    human trafficking, Leila de Lima, War on drugs

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    Categories Editor's Pick News Trafficking Casewatch

    ​Beyond poverty, Metro Manila teens turn to paid sex to upgrade lifestyles–study

    By Maria Feona Imperial  |  Oct 18, 2017 10:40 PM

    Amiel was 16 when he was introduced to “freelancing” by peers who seemed to have money all the time. Envious and eager to know where they got cash to splurge on shoes, clothes and casual gimmicks, the teenager asked his friends about their dirty little secret.

    commercial sexual exploitation of children, human trafficking

  • Categories Top Stories

    U.S. lauds PH gov’t efforts against human trafficking; first Southeast Asian country to reach Tier 1

    Aug 04, 2016 2:30 PM

    By NICOLE-ANNE LAGRIMAS AND PAUL JOHN DOMALAON SILENCE was the name of the game when Jane* was forced into prostitution. Threatened by her traffickers that they would “ruin her life,” […]

    cybercrime, human trafficking, Trafficking

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    For trafficked persons, returning home just the beginning of more troubles

    Apr 04, 2016 10:44 AM

    By DANIEL ABUNALES Faith, not her real name, was an easy target. Only 17 years old, she was already living by herself in another city, working to earn enough for […]

    human trafficking, reintegration

  • Categories ARMM Watch Top Stories Yahoo

    Maguindanao town police warn residents vs trafficking modus

    Jan 14, 2015 12:50 PM

    By JAKE SORIANO UPI, Maguindanao–The local police here warned residents against accepting job offers to work as housekeepers in Marawi City due to reported cases of exploitation there. The Upi […]

    human trafficking, maguindanao, Trafficking

  • Categories News Top Stories

    More than 2,000 trafficked Filipinos trapped in Syria

    Dec 18, 2014 11:19 PM

    By JAKE SORIANO A top foreign affairs official said some 2,000 overseas Filipino workers, all of them victims of human trafficking, remain trapped in Syria three years after civil unrest […]

    human trafficking, ofws, Syria, Trafficking

  • Categories Top Stories

    Stopping modern slavery one lecture at a time

    May 30, 2014 11:26 PM

    By OFELIA C. EMPIAN

    BAGUIO CITY— Her city is not among the known human trafficking hotspots in the country yet the cause has found a champion in Regional Trial Court prosecutor Ruth Bernabe.

    human trafficking, Ruth Bernabe

  • Categories Top Stories

    Human trafficking continues in Yolanda-hit areas

    May 27, 2014 10:10 PM

    By REYAN ARINTO

    TACLOBAN CITY — After super typhoon Yolanda swept away her home in Guiuan, Eastern Samar, 14-year-old Noemi was forced to beg for food. Her family lost everything, and had nowhere to go.

    human trafficking, Yolanda

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