Republic Act 9208

The Fight Against Trafficking in Persons: the Philippine Experience

TRAFFICKING ACTS, MEANS AND INTENT

ACTS - Recruitment - Transportation - Transfer - Harboring - Receipt of person; with or without the victims consent or knowledge MEANS - Threat or Force or Coercion - Abduction - Fraud or Deception - Abuse of power or position - Taking advantage of vulnerability - Giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve consent of person having control over another person PURPOSE - Prostitution or other forms of sexual exploitation - Forced labor or services - Slavery - Servitude - Removal or sale of organs VENUE Within or across national borders

TRAFFICKING ACTS, MEANS AND INTENT

A. Recruiting for prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage B. Mail-order Filipino brides for foreign nationals for purposes of exploitation

TRAFFICKING ACTS, MEANS AND INTENT

C. Sex tours D. Prostitution or pornography E. Adoption of minors for purposes of sexual exploitation or forced labor F. Removal or sale of vital organs G. Recruit, transport or adopt a child to engage in armed conflicts and military activities

PENALTIES
Act Acts of Trafficking in Persons (Sec. 4) Qualified Trafficking in Persons (Sec. 6) Acts that Promote Trafficking in Persons (Sec. 5) Use of trafficked Persons (Sec. 11) Penalty 20 years imprisonment and a fine of P1 to 2 million Life imprisonment and a fine of P2 to 5 million 15 years imprisonment and a fine of P500,000 to 1 million 1st offense: 6 months community service and a fine of P50,000 Subsequent offenses: 1 year imprisonment and a fine of P100,000

PHILIPPINE FIGURES ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

A TOTAL OF FOURTEEN (14) CONVICTED PERSONS
(BASED ON REPORTED CASES FROM DOJ AS OF DECEMBER 2008)

1 Batangas City (November 11, 2005)

1 person sentenced to 1 year imprisonment for pleading guilty to Sec. 11(Use of Trafficked Persons)

2 Batangas City (November 9 & 14, 2005)

2 persons sentenced to render 6 months of community service for pleading guilty to Sec. 11(Use of Trafficked Persons)

3 Zamboanga City (November 29, 2005)

3 persons sentenced to life imprisonment and pay Php 2M in fines for violation of Sec. 4 in rel. to Sec. 6 (c) and 10 (c) (Qualified Trafficking)

2 Quezon City (December 8, 2005)

Spouses sentenced to 4 life imprisonment and pay Php 8M in fines for violation of Sec. 4 in rel. to Sec 6 (a) and (c) (Qualified Trafficking)

PHILIPPINE FIGURES ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

A TOTAL OF FOURTEEN (14) CONVICTED PERSONS
(BASED ON REPORTED CASES FROM DOJ AS OF DECEMBER 2008)

1 Zamboanga City (March 2007)

1 female recruiter was sentenced to life imprisonment and pay Php 2M in fines for violation of Sec. 4 in rel. to Sec. 6 (c) and 10 (c) (Qualified Trafficking) Six complainants are from Laguna and Cavite, subjected to sexual exploitation, forced, coerced and compelled to work as prostitutes in Malaysia Were promised to work as entertainers in Sandakan with P25,000 salary, but was only given 5-15 ringgits per customer Were transferred to Zamboanga City via Cebu Pacific then boarded a vessel for Sandakan through cross border exit

PHILIPPINE FIGURES ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING

A TOTAL OF FOURTEEN (14) CONVICTED PERSONS
(BASED ON REPORTED CASES FROM DOJ AS OF DECEMBER 2008)

2 Cebu City (July 20, 2007)

2 persons sentenced to Life Imprisonment and to pay Php 3M in fine for violation of Sec. 6(a) (Qualified Trafficking)

1 Davao City (July 27, 2007)

1 person sentenced to Life Imprisonment and to pay the sum of Php 2M in fines for violation of Section 6(a), (c) and (d) in relation to Section 3, 4(a) and 10(c) (Qualified Trafficking)

2 Paraaque City (November 27, 2008)

2 persons sentenced to 20 years imprisonment and to each pay Php 1M in fine for violation of Sec. 4(a) in relation to Sec. 10(a).

CFO INTERVENTIONS
CFO Provides the following assistance : Conduct investigations on reported trafficking activities; Assist in the location of whereabouts of trafficking victims; Assist in the repatriation of trafficking victims from abroad; Draft complaint-affidavits of trafficking victims and their witnesses;

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Assist in the filing of appropriate charges against traffickers; Assist in the provision of legal counsel for trafficking victims; Accompany victims and witnesses during investigations, court hearings and trials; and Monitor the development of cases filed by trafficking victims.

TRAFFICKING AND OTHER RELATED CASES Per Region/Country of Origin as of 30 April 2009
COUNTRY AFRICA Ivory Coast Total ASIA Brunei Macau Mainland China Hong Kong Japan Malaysia Philippines Singapore South Korea Total EUROPE Cyprus United Kingdom Total TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 161 1 1 1 4 2 5 6 22 9 43 5 97 2 1 3 TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS - 284 1 1 4 20 8 21 13 58 10 75 4 213 2 1 3

TRAFFICKING AND OTHER RELATED CASES Per Region/Country of Origin as of 30 April 2009
COUNTRY MIDDLE EAST Bahrain Egypt Jordan Lebanon Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Kuwait Qatar Syria United Arab Emirates Total NORTH AMERICA United States of America Total SOUTH AMERICA Brazil Total TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES 161 4 2 4 2 14 6 3 8 14 57 2 2 1 1 TOTAL NUMBER OF VICTIMS 284 5 2 5 2 16 6 5 7 17 65 1 1 1 1

TRAFFICKING AND OTHER RELATED CASES Per Region/Country of Origin

as of 30 April 2009
NATURE OF CASES Benefits claim Death sentence Domestic violence Financial assistance Illegal recruitment Immigration violation Labor exploitation Legal assistance for homicide case Location of whereabouts Health problem Mail-order bride Money laundering Passport irregularities Rape Repatriation of OFW Repatriation of remains Request for immigration assistance Sexual exploitation Theft Unknown cause of death NUMBER OF CASES 2 2 2 3 15 5 39 1 6 2 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 65 1 1

TRAFFICKING AND OTHER RELATED CASES Per Region/Country of Origin

as of 30 April 2009

NUMBER OF CASES SEX Female Male ACTION TAKEN BY TFHT Repatriation assisted by CFO-TFHT Cases endorsed to NBI-AHTRAD CIDG WACCO CIDG Anti-Fraud DFA-OUMWA/PECS OWWA POEA Local Government Units STATUS OF CASES Number of Cases Pending in Court Number of Cases Pending at the Prosecutors Office Number of Cases Withdrawn

NUMBEROF VICTIMS 220 64 128

18 9 1 34 5 5 2 6 3 1

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Publication of information and education materials
Primers on RA 9208 Posters Stickers Standard Reporting Format or SRF Standard Monitoring Format or SMF OFW SOS SMS brochure

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Conduct of Community Education Program
Covered 63 areas in 33 provinces and 4 cities in the National Capital Region in 2007 Covered 57 areas in 26 provinces and 8 cities in the NCR from January to December 2008 Will cover 64 areas in 22 provinces and 8 cities in the NCR from January to September 2009

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Conduct of Community Education Program
Conduct of Cineforum series in colleges and universities which aimed at screening films and documentaries about migration Conducted the Cineforum in 6 universities and 1 NGO in 2008

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Conduct of researches, fora and conferences
Conducted two-day Advocacy Seminar-Workshop for the Youth on Anti-trafficking of Women and Children for Labor and Sexual Exploitation -- Cebu City (November 10-11, 2007) with 46 youth from the provinces of Antique, Bohol, Cebu, Leyte, Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Samar -- Davao City (March 28-29, 2008) with 59 youth from the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Compostela Valley, Davao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Misamis Oriental, North Cotabato, South Cotabato, Surigao del Norte and Zamboanga del Norte

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Conduct of researches, fora and conferences
Conducted two-day Advocacy Seminar-Workshop for the Youth on Anti-trafficking of Women and Children for Labor and Sexual Exploitation -- Baguio City (August 29-30, 2008) with 50 youth from the provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Mountain Province, Nueva Vizcaya, Quirino, Tarlac and Zambales. -- Legaspi City (November 12-13, 2008) with 40 youth from the provinces of Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate and Sorsogon.

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Conduct of researches, fora and conferences
An Act Instituting Mechanisms for the Creation of Temporary Shelter Program for Trafficked Persons An Act Mandating Pre-Marriage Counseling Program for Filipino Fiances and Other Partners of Foreign Nationals Opposing the Liberalization and Acceleration of the Processing and Deployment of Overseas Filipino Contract Workers Resolution Opposing the Creation of a Migrant Workers Hospital Project Proposal on the Installation of Computers to Selected LGU-PNP Offices for the Use of the Philippine Information System on Trafficking

CFO INTERVENTIONS
Conduct of researches, fora and conferences
Conditions of Filipino women in Filipino-Japanese intermarriages Conditions of Filipinos and existence of trafficking activities in Malaysia and Singapore Forms of assistance extended by the government of other countries to trafficking victims Mail-order websites being maintained in the Philippines Publications in the Philippines that promote trafficking in persons Rules and manual on the provision of financial and other forms of assistance for trafficking victims Local ordinances on trafficking being implemented

CFO INTERVENTIONS
CFO-TFHT WEBSITE

CFO INTERVENTIONS
CFO WEBSITE (FEATURES) Weekly news reports and articles on trafficking and related issues and concerns Database on GOs, NGOs, civil society and other stakeholders responding to trafficking cases Trafficking laws and other legislations from other countries Global and Philippine routes of trafficking incidents Current statistics on trafficking and related incidents

RECOVERY AND REPATRIATION

Trafficking Cases Handled by DFA for 2002-2006

Regions Asia Pacific Middle East Africas US and Americas Europe Total

Cases 536 111 35 9 1 692

Source : IACAT

VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE

Year Male Sex Female Total # of Victims

2003 DSWD
Total No. of Victims Served 2003-2007

6 23 154 530 310 118 1,141

116 141 320 2,411 221 908 4,117

122 164 474 2,941 531 1,026 5,258

Source : IACAT

2004 2005 2006 2007 NCR 2003-2007 Grand Total

5,258

VICTIM PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE

Age Group
Year Below 12 13-18 Above18 Grand Total

DSWD
2003 No. of Victims Served By Age Group By Year 2003-2007 2004 2005 10 42 208 563 271 1,094 37 7 104 1,053 347 1,548 75 115 162 1,738 526 2,616

122 164 474 3,354 1,144 5,258

5,258

2006 2007 Total

Source : IACAT

Areas where TIP cases are pending 45% Metro Manila 25% Luzon 16% Mindanao 11% Visayas

MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES

Victim Protection & Assistance

Region
I

Provinces and Cities

La Union; Pangasinan Isabela Baguio City Zambales; Nueva Ecija; Pampanga; Tarlac and Bataan Manila Rizal; Cavite Masbate; Camarines Norte Aklan; Iloilo; Negros Occidental Cebu; Bohol Tacloban City; Eastern Samar; Northern Samar; Leyte; Southern Leyte Zamboanga; Zamboanga Sibugay Cagayan de Oro; Misamis Oriental; Bukidnon Davao del Norte; Davao del Sur South Cotabato; Gen. Santos City; Sarangani; Sultan Kudarat Agusan del Sur; Agusan del Norte; Surigao Sur; Butuan City

DSWD
Provinces and Cities Where Victims Come From or Originate

II CAR III NCR IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII CARAGA