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Taiwan answers OFWs’ plea; solon pushes for inquiry in trafficking cases

Posted on 20 July 2009 by anna.bueno

Here’s good news to those monitoring efforts to fight human trafficking.

An Inquirer article dated July 15 says Taiwan has formed its own anti-trafficking group to monitor cases of trafficking and violation of labor laws in their country.

The move was sparked by 10 OFWs who filed a case against their employers in the said country, complaining of underpayment and confiscation of their passports.

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Back home,  Rep. Jonathan Dela Cruz’s House Resolution 1245, which seeks an inquiry into cases of prostitution and trafficking of women, should help speed up prosecution and investigations of human trafficking in the Philippines.

Dela Cruz filed the resolution after operatives of the Bureau of Immigration arrested foreigners using fake passports and fake travel documents. He suspects the Philippines is becoming an international transit point for human trafficking.

Read more about the story on Philstar.com’s article ‘Probe on human trafficking in RP pushed’

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