Seven more Filipino victims of human trafficking were repatriated from Myanmar, according to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) on Wednesday.
The victims were rescued through the efforts of the Philippine government agencies and were assisted upon their arrival on April 3.
The agency said the Filipino victims were transported to Myanmar to work in call centers engaged in online scamming and other illegal activities. The IACAT warned the public on this ongoing modus of human trafficking which targets “educated, professional, well-travelled, and tech savvy individuals” to work in regional call centers engaged in online scamming and fraudulent activities.
“Filipinos who leave the country as tourists, but in reality, have the intention to work abroad, deliberately mislead the Bureau of Immigration and other IACAT member-agencies to avoid detection without complying with government requirements. This is one of the reasons for the strict implementation of the guidelines on departure formalities for international-bound Filipino passengers,” the IACAT said in a statement on Wednesday.
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