33 trafficking victims rescued | Global News

33 trafficking victims rescued

/ 08:38 PM December 03, 2011

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines—Police on Thursday said they rescued 33 persons, eight of them children, who had been illegally recruited in Bongao, Tawi-Tawi for supposed overseas jobs.

Their recruiter, however, eluded arrest.

Senior Superintendent Rodelio Jocson, Tawi-Tawi police chief, said the rescued individuals were to be brought to Malaysia and were intercepted on November 29.

He said a certain Ustadz Mustafa had enticed the victims, some coming from as far as Pampanga, Bataan and Batangas, to apply for jobs in Malaysia.

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TAGS: Crime, Human trafficking, Malaysia, OFW, overseas work

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