33 trafficking victims rescued
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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