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Human Trafficking
OUTLINE
Overview Ranking Definition and General Elements Punishable Acts Penalties Confidentiality Challenges
Philippine Context
PUNISHABLE ACTS
a. Acts of trafficking in persons (Sec. 4) b. Acts that promote trafficking in persons (Sec. 5) c. Use of trafficked person for prostitution (Sec. 11) d. Violation of Confidentiality (Sec. 7)
b. Undertake or organize tours and travel plans consisting of tourism packages or activities for the purpose of utilizing and offering persons for prostitution, pornography or sexual exploitation (SEX TOURISM)
f.
Confiscate, conceal, or destroy the passport, travel documents, or personal documents or belongings of trafficked persons in furtherance of trafficking or to prevent them from leaving the country or seeking redress from the government or appropriate agencies; and
Knowingly benefit from, financial or otherwise, or make use of, the labor or services of a person held to a condition of involuntary servitude, forced labor, or slavery.
g.
VIOLATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY
The name and personal circumstance of the trafficked person or of the accused, or any other information tending to establish their identities and such circumstances or information shall not be disclosed to the public Unlawful for any person or member of the media to cause the publicity of any case of trafficking in person
Penalty: Imprisonment of six (6) years and a fine of not less than Five hundred thousand pesos (P500,000.00) but not more than One million pesos (P1,000,000.00)
Baguio City
Both a source and destination of trafficked persons Missing minors Recent report: 8 women from Davao City, 4 of whom were minors were rescued in Baguio City after seeking police assistance See: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/localnews/2012/02/14/8-trafficked-dabawenyasrescued-baguio-206096
Government Efforts
Anti-trafficking taskforce at the Ninoy Aquino International Ariport to share information on trafficking Philippine Ports Authority in cooperation with an NGO established half-way houses at various Philippine sea ports Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) issued new employment requirements for Filipinos overseas to protect them from employer abuse, increasing the minimum monthly wage and minimum age. POEA also conducts pre-employment seminars for department overseas Filipino workers, trains Filipino diplomatic staff abroad, and screens foreign employers.
Challenges
Desistance of Trafficked Victims
Reluctance to testify in court of the acts of trafficking
Confidentiality Provisions of R.A. 9208 preventing the IACAT from publishing data regarding those who are accused of trafficking which could have otherwise been used to forewarn the public. Stricter laws on falsification of documents which attract specially minors to falsify travel documents See:http://www.baguiocity.com/news_article/dojbares-loopholes-anti-human-trafficking-law-enlistsngo%E2%80%99s-join-fight
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