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TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines—An American is facing child abuse and human trafficking charges for allegedly recruiting boys whom he gave money for sexual favors.

The American was detained at the Tacloban police lockup cell pending resolution of a complaint for violation of Republic Act No. 7610, or Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act, and RA 9208, or Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.

Carmela Bastes, a social worker who heads the Women’s Shelter, said her group, accompanied by National Bureau of Investigation agents, rescued 11 minors at the rented house of the suspect in Sagkahan district, Tacloban City.

The American, said to be a retired engineer, was also charged with trafficking because he had asked some of the boys to recruit other boys from as far as Calbayog City, Samar.

The publication of names of both victims and suspects is prohibited under the antitrafficking law.

Bastes said the father of one of the victims went to the Tacloban City Social Welfare and Development office on February 6 to complain that the American offered to pay for his son’s education in exchange for sexual favors.

She added that the father had lost patience because his 15-year-old son had been living with the American for one year and had refused to return home.

The American reportedly asked the victims to stay with him and gave the minors money in return for the service they provided him.

A surveillance operation was conducted. When they verified the information, she said they went to the house of the suspect on February 18.

Several pornographic materials were also found in his possession, she said.


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Tags: American , Children , Crime , Human trafficking , pedophilia , Sexual Abuse , Tacloban City

  • kanoy

    HE IS TOAST,,,,I WONDER IF HE WILL BE TREATED AS THE PHILIPPINE LAWMAKER JALOSJOS WAS AFTER HE RAPED THAT 11 YR OLD WAS SENTENCED TO 2 LIFE SENTENCES STILL RAN FOR OFFICE FROM PRISON STILL WAS ELECTED–TWICE–THEN GOT PARDONED….IF THE RP WILL ELECT A CONVICTED RAPIST IN JAIL HOW BAD IS THIS  KANO?

    Former lawmaker Romeo Jalosjos has asked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to grant him an absolute pardon to allow him to again run for public office 12 years after he was convicted of raping an 11-year-old girl.
    Although convicted of child rape by the Makati Regional Trial Court in December 1997 and sentenced to two life terms, the former representative of Zamboanga del Norte managed to seek and win reelection in 1998 and 2001 even while behind bars.
    He was only dropped from the rolls of the House of Representatives when the Supreme Court affirmed his guilt in 2002.
    In June 2007, Ms Arroyo commuted Jalosjos? sentence to 16 years, three months and three days. This, along with so-called good conduct time allowance, allowed him to walk free for good despite having served only 12 years

    • Crazy_horse101010

      he wont be like the 6 teenage boys who raped a 9 year old girl at cebu. they got patted on the head and  sent home to your mommies.or the father recently who raped his 14 year old daughter to see if she was still a virgin. he took care of that problem. but if his quilty i hope they throw the book at him. the  2 flippino priests who got arrested for raping boys in ameriica who escaped back to the philippines got shipped back.

      • kanoy

        he wont be like the 6 teenage boys who raped a 9 year old girl at cebu. they got patted on the head and  sent home to your mommies

        LIKE THIS?>>>

        Cops Hold Boy, 13, for ‘Rape’ of Eight Chickens

        For a time a top police official in Guimaras was puzzled by the mysterious death of his eight chickens. The chickens appeared to have died in a similar manner–each had a swollen anus, as if some object was inserted in it.

        The policemen were amazed and prowled the compound of the provincial command to find out who was behind the bizarre crime. They soon discovered that the culprit was a 13 year old boy, who was earlier charged with raping a six year old girl in barangay Constancia, San Lorenzo, Guimaras.

        Being a minor, the boy was not put behind bars. Instead he was required to report to the police provincial command so that his behavior could be monitored. The police found out that at this tender age the boy has a sexual urge beyond his control. After he was caught on January 9 he was put behind bars. The social welfare department’s field office, however, has sent a social worker to look after the boy, who is scheduled for psychiatric evaluation.

        SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT THIS 2004 REPORT
        NOTE THE BILL IS LISTED IN US $
        THE EXCHANGE RATE IN 2004 WAS P50=$1
        TODAY IT IS P41=$1
        SO IMAGINE THIS 2013 SUM AT 2004 RATE,,,,
        2013 35,700.00 USD=1,453,704.04 PHP

      • BIGButo

        Wow that is a sick h o r n e y boy he needs to get some mental health

      • diamond_digger

         Just wondered if some of those chickens ended up in the tables of Jollibee or Mang Inasal. Gwaaark!!!!

      • Crazy_horse101010

        i know now why i dont like jollibee chicken

      • kanoy

         HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO A JUVENILE REFORM SCHOOL (KID JAIL) UNTIL HE REACHED THE AGE OF 18 AFTER HE RAPED THAT 6 YR OLD GIRL….THEY CANT SEND HIM TO ADULT PRISON DUE TO HIS AGE, BUT THEY CAN INCARCERATE HIM WITH OTHER TEENAGED MURDERS RAPISTS ARMED ROBBERS ETC,,,,AGE DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO RAPE WITHOUT SEVERE CONSEQUENCES,,,,A 13 YR OLD KNOWS RIGHT FROM WRONG>>>

        STORRS, Connecticut — Even at 13, Colin Carlson believes he’s running out of time.
        Colin is a sophomore at the University of Connecticut, seeking a bachelor’s degree in ecology and evolutionary biology and another in environmental studies. But he’s been knocked off course by the university’s rejection of his request to take a class that includes summer field work in South Africa.

      • BIGButo

        What is wrong with these h o r n e y Filipino boys. They are really s e x crazy boys! They need to be locked up like the anminals they are.

      • kanoy

        Crazy_horse101010 Collapse i know now why i dont like jollibee chicken

        REMEMBER CHURCHES FRIED CHICKEN EAST COAST USA…YUMMM
        HERE IS ANOTHER PHILIPPINE SPECIAL

        More than 12 million women in the public and private sectors will be able to take a one day “menstruation leave” if a bill filed by Miriam Defensor Santiago is passed into law. The bill proposes to grant a one-day work leave with 50 percent remuneration for those who opt not to report to work because of pre-menstrual and menstrual tension not to mention cramps.Under SB 1687, every female employee except pregnant and menopausal women, in the public and private sector, regardless of the nature of their employment, shall be entitled to the menstrual leave.Any person, corporation or business violating any of the provisions of the bill or it’s implementing rules and regulations shall be fined an amount not exceeding P30,000 or put behind bars for a minimum of 30 days and a maximum of 6 months.

      • BIGButo

        That senator needs to be voted out of office

      • kanoy

         NOTE HERE THAT THE ONLY REASON THEY EVEN LOOKED WAS BECAUSE OF A HIGH ELECTRIC BILL…..NOT FOR SECURITY PURPOSES
         It looks like prison life wasn’t too tough for some of the Philippines’ most notorious inmates. Authorities said Monday they had seized late-model flat-screen TVs, DVD players and stereos, assorted firearms and mobile phones from jail cells in the national penitentiary compound in the Manila suburb of Muntinlupa.

        Bureau of Corrections Director Vicente Vinarao said he ordered the swoop after an upsurge in the electricity bill, and in line with President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s order for all government offices to save on energy. More than 900 assorted weapons – swords, knives, live ammunition, improvised guns and machetes – also were confiscated, Vinarao said.

        “What is surprising, maybe you will not believe, that along with the … assorted weapons, we also confiscated almost 100 televisions, mostly 29 inches,” Vinarao told DZBB radio. He said while the assorted weapons could be hidden, it was impossible for TVs and other appliances to be smuggled in without the guards’ knowledge.

        Vinarao said most of the luxury items were found among convicted drug smugglers, who were also using cell phones to conduct business from jail. He said that as a result, “undesirable” prison guards and custodial personnel were removed from the facility.

        Vinarao said only one television set is now allowed in each prison dormitory, and that lights will be turned on only from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to help cut to about half the prison’s $35,700 monthly electricity bill. The national penitentiary is home to death row convicts, those serving life sentences and other criminals.
           

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_C5RLWOY26ACBYCLHUEEJQ2ADVQ K Fun

    This pedophile should be tried and if found guilty spend time in jail with other convicts and not ’rescued’ by the US government by staying in an air-conditioned trailer van in the US camp in Pasay.

    • Crazy_horse101010

      yeah look what happened there the victim got a free ticket to america and waved good bye to the philippines.ivory priest admitted raping 2 boys in america ran back to the the phippines was never punished and people were writing in the cebu papers about what a hero he was.he probably raped their own children and they were to blind to see. i think he is going to be the next saint.he was rescued by the church 

      • diamond_digger

         Which church? Are you referring to the Cock-tholic church?

      • Crazy_horse101010

        one and the same

      • kanoy

         NO NO NO NOT THE NEXT SAINT……

        THE NEXT POPE!!!!!

  • $23257130

    grave na talaga ang kriminalidad sa panahon ni abnoytard. pppppppppwwweeehhhh kadiri eeeeeeeeeeewww.. i salvage na lang yan para hindi pamarisan. 

  • BIGButo

    If this guy is found to be a pervert he should spend the rest of his life in prison that’s what he would get in the USA

    • Crazy_horse101010

      except priests the last one got 3 years his bishop got 4 years.

      • Crazy_horse101010

        personally i think all child rapers should have their balls cut off no matter who he is

      • BIGButo

        Homos too

  • BIGButo

    This guy and all these h o r n e y boys need to be locked up in a cage

  • kanoy

     THIS IS THE LAW MUCH NEEDED IN THE PHILIPPINES TO MAKE DEADBEAT DADS LIKE MANNY PACQUIAO TAKE A MANDATORY DNA TEST AND IF FOUND TO BE THE FATHER HAVE TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT UNTIL THAT CHILDS 18TH BIRTHDAY OR FACE PRISON,,,REVOCATION OF DRIVING PRIVALEDGES, TRAVEL AND FORFEITURE OF REAL PRIOPERTY
    Sand faces up to four years imprisonment.
    “Today, the defendant has admitted to abandoning his responsibilities to the children he helped bring into this world, and to leaving the country to do so,”
    A New York man the federal government dubbed the nation’s “Most Wanted Deadbeat Parent” has pleaded guilty to evading $1.2 million in child support payments.
    Prosecutors said Thursday that Robert Sand, 50, spent more than a decade evading his obligations to his three children by his two former wives.
    He admitted to relocating from New York to Florida and then fleeing the country after arrest warrants in 2000 and 2002 were issued, according to Loretta. E. Lynch, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
    In November, Sand was arrested while trying to enter the Philippines without proper identification and was deported to Los Angeles, where he was taken into custody by U.S. marshals.



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