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| Some scam hub workers rescued from Cambodia last year |
A Filipina who said she was going to Hong Kong to visit Disneyland was stopped from leaving by Bureau of Immigration officers at the Cebu Airport in Lapu Lapu City on June 23 because of inconsistencies in her documents.
On further investigation she admitted that she was
actually bound for Cambodia where she was supposed to work in a POGO-like scam
hub, where she would be paid US$1,000 a month.
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| PAANO SUMALI? BASAHIN DITO |
The 28-year-old victim said she was recruited for the job
by unknown Chinese individuals through the messaging platform Telegram.
She said that while she did not know the identities of
her Chinese recruiters and employers she agreed to the job offer because of the
attractive pay and work conditions.
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Just recently six Filipinos were also stopped from
leaving Davao City airport by alert immigration officers.
The six who were bound for Singapore admitted during a
follow-up investigation that they would eventually go to Cambodia where they
were offered jobs as call center agents, also through Telegram.
They said there were offered a salary of Php50,000 a month, and were supplied with all the documents they needed to get past immigration.
The frequent interceptions are part of the government’s
intensified campaign against human trafficking.
The victims were turned
over to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) for assistance and
the filing of cases against their recruiters.
