The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has asked the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to investigate the alleged labor trafficking of 35 Filipino fisherfolk to Namibia.
Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla has advised people seeking jobs abroad to exercise caution after nearly 2,000 Filipinos became trafficking victims since the start of 2023.
The Justice Sector Coordinating Council (JSCC) has launched what Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo described as the world’s first human trafficking-free Justice Zone in Zamboanga City.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) will be filing charges against a foreigner over the trafficking of persons who were rescued last year from an illegal Philippine Offshoring Gaming Operator (POGO).
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said he has relieved two immigration officers pending an investigation into their alleged links to trafficking syndicates.
A former Honduran lawmaker who spent years on the run avoiding a US extradition order for alleged cocaine trafficking has been captured, according to the Central American country’s security minister.
Bureau of Immigration (BI) Commissioner Norman Tansingco said he has ordered the investigation of a scheme that was discovered used by human trafficking syndicates.
A total of fourteen Filipinos composed of physically abused workers, sheltered runaways and detained nationals in Beirut were sent home this month, the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon said in a statement.
Senator Win Gatchalian has hailed the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on a measure that seeks to strengthen the country’s anti-trafficking laws as a victory for Filipino children’s rights and safety.
Laotian police have carried out Asia’s biggest-ever single seizure of illegal drugs, finding more than 55 million methamphetamine pills in the back of a beer truck, a United Nations official confirmed Thursday.
