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Three human traffickers of OFWs to Dubai nabbed in Cebu

The National Bureau of Investigation in Central Visayas (NBI-7) arrested Tuesday three illegal recruiters at the Mactan Cebu International Airport for alleged human trafficking and illegal recruitment involving economic sabotage.

The suspects were siblings Rea Parejas Casas, 32, and Kevin Parejas, 23, from Marikina City; and Maricris Ria Delgado, 25,  from Antipolo City.

This, as seven passengers were offloaded from their aircraft bound for Taiwan Tuesday morning. They were turned over to Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking-Mactan Cebu International Airport (IACAT-MCIA) and Bureau of Immigration Mactan-Cebu International Airport for further investigation as suspected illegal recruits.

Four of the offloaded passengers were victims of human trafficking, as per the authorities.

NBI-7 Director Tomas Enrile said the victims identified the Casas siblings and Delgado as their recruiters.

The victims also confessed that they were bound for Dubai via Taiwan for employment.

The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) confirmed that the three persons were not authorized to hire and deploy overseas workers. (MN)

 

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