Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco expressed alarm at the increasing number of human trafficking cases in the country and urged Filipinos to be wary of job offers, particularly on social media. | AbbyBoiserINQ santostinaINQ /PDI
“It appears that these Africans were victimized by a trafficking syndicate that uses the Philippines as a transit point for smuggling illegal aliens to other countries,” Tansingco said in a statement.
The agency said that the victims were turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Cebu before allowing them to return to their port of origin. “The victims, who left the country on separate occasions, were recruited to supposedly work as chat support agents in Thailand. From Thailand, they were instead brought to Laos where they were forced to work for syndicates,” the BI said.It added that the victims were forced to work under a company where they were told to dupe foreigners into falling in love with them and then encouraging them to invest in a fraudulent company.
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