{"id":2804,"date":"2023-12-28T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T01:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/?p=2804"},"modified":"2023-12-28T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-28T01:44:45","slug":"airport-employee-caught-escorting-dubai-bound-trafficking-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/2023\/12\/28\/airport-employee-caught-escorting-dubai-bound-trafficking-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"AIRPORT EMPLOYEE CAUGHT ESCORTING DUBAI-BOUND TRAFFICKING VICTIMS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:image {\"id\":2805,\"width\":\"838px\",\"height\":\"auto\",\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"} --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/intercept.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2805\" style=\"width:838px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/intercept.jpg 415w, https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/intercept-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\"><\/figure>\n<p><!-- \/wp:image --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>OFFICERS of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 intercepted two passengers attempting to depart for Dubai, United Arab Emirates transiting through Thailand last December 22.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The passengers, initially posing as friends from General Santos City on vacation, were revealed to be victims of human trafficking.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>According to BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco, it was discovered during secondary inspection that the individuals did not know each other\u2019s names and lacked return tickets to General Santos.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The victims then confessed to being recruited as household service workers in Dubai through Facebook, with no knowledge of their transit arrangements to the UAE.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>According to Tansingco, an airport employee was seen escorting the victims to the immigration counters.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigration supervisors promptly intervened, signaling that such actions were unauthorized and against protocol,\u201d the BI commissioner said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Tansingco emphasized that airport immigration areas are strictly off-limits to unauthorized personnel, especially those providing VIP treatment to trafficking victims.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>The incident was promptly relayed to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) for further investigation and filing of appropriate charges against the recruiters.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OFFICERS of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 intercepted two passengers attempting to depart for Dubai, United<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2805,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}