More than 28,000 Filipinos were barred from leaving the country between January and October as part of a clampdown on human trafficking. According to the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Port Operations Division Chief Grifton Medina, a total of 28,467 passengers were not allowed to board their flights during the first 10 months of the year.… Full Story »
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German lecturer arrested at Clark on suspicion of trafficking four Filipinas
A German lecturer — who once reported three of his colleagues for working illegally — has been arrested at Clark Airport for human trafficking. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Deputy Commissioner Marc Red Mariñas today (Wednesday, August 22) identified the suspect as 72-year-old Herbert Joseph Vogt. He is alleged to have been caught trafficking four Filipinas… Full Story »
Japanese man arrested in Manila for smuggling woman to sex club
A Japanese man has been arrested in Manila for attempting to smuggle a woman out of the Philippines to work at a sex club. National Bureau of Investigation Director Dante Gierran identified the suspect as Jiro Saito, who also goes under the names of Saito San and Ken Suzuki. Gierran said today (Thursday, July 26) that… Full Story »
Peter Scully’s partner in crime arrested after two years on the run
The partner in crime of depraved child abuser Peter Gerard Scully has been arrested after nearly two years on the run. Liezyl Margallo, aged 23, is alleged to have taken an active role in Scully’s sickening acts of abuse against girls as young as 18 months, which in at least one case ended in murder.… Full Story »
Human traffickers pass off female victims as professional boxers on tour
A new human trafficking ploy has been uncovered at NAIA. Authorities said that syndicates are now taking victims out of the Philippines by pretending they are boxers. The ploy was uncovered by the Bureau of Immigration when they apprehended a 30-year-old man suspected as working as a courier for a syndicate engaged in human trafficking to the Middle East.… Full Story »
