2. Human trafficking is the act of forcefully transporting or
recruiting persons for the purpose of exploitation, which
include prostitution or sexual exploitation, forced labor , slavery,
or removal of organs.
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,
human trafficking is defined as “the recruitment,
transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons,
means of the treat or use of force or other forms of
3. Trafficking of individuals is a serious crime and a heinous
violation of human rights.
“Every year, thousands of men, women and children
into the hands of traffickers, in their own countries
abroad. Almost every country in the world is affected by
trafficking, whether as a country of origin, transit or
destination for victims,” said the UN.
4.
5. Although one case may differ from another, most human
trafficking cases follow the same pattern, according to a
report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(UNODC):
(1) people are abducted or recruited in a country of
origin;
(2) transferred through transit regions; and then
(3) exploited in a destination country.
6. The UNODC cites 3 elements that
constitute human trafficking:
1. the criminal act of recruitment, transportation,
transfer, harbouring, or receipt of persons within or
across national borders
2. by means of: threat or use of force, coercion,
abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power or
vulnerability, or giving payments or benefits to a
person in control of the victim
7. The UNODC cites 3 elements that
constitute human trafficking:
3. for the purpose of exploitation, which
includes, at a minimum, exploiting the
prostitution of others, other forms of sexual
exploitation, forced labor or services, slavery or
similar practices, and the removal of organs
10. Different Types of Human Trafficking
The United Nations Office on Drugs and
Crime suggested that 53 percent of the
victims are forced into sexual exploitation.
09 Apr 2016 - http://borgenproject.org/human-trafficking/
1.Sex Trafficking
11. Different Types of Human Trafficking
“Sex trafficking is the recruitment, transportation,
or harbouring of persons through threat, use of
force, or other coercion for the purpose of sexual
exploitation. This includes movement across borders,
as well as within the victim’s own country,” affirmed
Human Trafficking Search.
09 Apr 2016 - http://borgenproject.org/human-trafficking/
1.Sex Trafficking
12. Involuntary servitude happens when a
domestic worker becomes enslaved in an
exploitative position they are incapable
of escaping.
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2. Involuntary Domestic Servitude
13. “Domestic servitude is the seemingly normal practice
of live-in help that is used as a cover for the
exploitation and control of someone, usually from
another country. It is a form of forced labor, but it also
warrants its own category of slavery because of the
unique contexts and challenges it presents,” said End
Slavery Now.
09 Apr 2016 - http://borgenproject.org/human-trafficking/
2. Involuntary Domestic Servitude
14. “Forced labor is work or service that is extorted from
someone under the menace of any penalty and work
or service that the person has not offered
voluntarily.”
The International Labour Organization estimated that
approximately 20.9 million people are enslaved to
forced labor, and 4.5 are subjected to sexual forced
exploitation.
3. Forced Labor
15. “Debt bondage is a type of forced labor, involving a
debt that cannot be paid off in a reasonable time,”
said Human Trafficking Search.
It is a period of debt during which there is no
freedom, consequently, it is also known as debt
slavery.
4. Debt Bondage
16. Child soldiers are described as persons under the age
of 18, who have been recruited by armed forces in
any capacity. Currently, there are thousands of
soldiers worldwide.
“The definition includes both boys and girls who are
used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers, spies, or
for sexual purposes,” added Human Trafficking
Search.
5. Child Soldiers
17. There are approximately 1.8 million children
subjected to prostitution or pornography
globally.
The Human Trafficking Search defined it as “a
sexual exploitation by an adult with respect to a
child, usually accompanied by a payment to the
child or one or more third parties.”
6. Child Sex Trafficking
18. A child is considered to be involved in child
labor activities if this minor is between the
ages of 0 and 18, is involved in a type of
work inappropriate for their age and in a
dangerous work environment.
7. Child Labor
19. However, there are several forms of child
labor. The most common ones are related to
the informal sector of the economy and are
linked to agricultural labor, mining,
construction and begging in the streets.
7. Child Labor
20. Organ harvesting involves trafficking people in
order to use their internal organs for transplant.
The illegal trade is dominated by demand for
kidneys. These are the only major organs that
can be wholly transplanted with relatively few
risks to the life of the donor.
8. Organ harvesting
21. ◦ Promised a “better life”
◦ “Help” immigrating
◦ Fake jobs
◦ No negative aspects
◦ Kidnapped
◦ Beaten
◦ Raped
22. Rarely fed, washed, no medical attention
Beaten, raped, drugged.
Passports confiscated Fear
24. Section 4 of Republic Act 9208, otherwise known as
the "Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003", deems it
unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, to commit
any of the following acts:
(a) To recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, provide, or receive a
person by any means, including those done under the
pretext of domestic or overseas employment or training or
apprenticeship, for the purpose of prostitution, pornography,
sexual exploitation, forced labor, slavery, involuntary
servitude or debt bondage;
25. (b) To introduce or match for money, profit, or
material, economic or other consideration, any person
or, as provided for under Republic Act No. 6955, any
Filipino women to a foreign national, for marriage for
the purpose of acquiring, buying, offering, selling or
trading him/her to engage in prostitution,
pornography, sexual exploitation, forced labor,
slavery, involuntary servitude or debt bondage;
26. (c) To offer or contract marriage, real or
simulated, for the purpose of acquiring,
buying, offering, selling, or trading them to
engage in prostitution, pornography, sexual
exploitation, forced labor or slavery,
involuntary servitude or debt bondage;
27. (d) To undertake or organize tours and travel
plans consisting of tourism packages or
activities for the purpose of utilizing and
offering persons for prostitution, pornography
or sexual exploitation;
(e) To maintain or hire a person to engage in
prostitution or pornography;
28. (f) To adopt or facilitate the adoption of
persons for the purpose of prostitution,
pornography, sexual exploitation, forced
labor, slavery, involuntary servitude or debt
bondage;
29. (g) To recruit, hire, adopt, transport or abduct a
person, by means of threat or use of force, fraud
deceit, violence, coercion, or intimidation for the
purpose of removal or sale of organs of said
person; and
(h) To recruit, transport or adopt a child to engage
in armed activities in the Philippines or abroad.
30. Ang sinumang mapatunayang nagkasala sa ilalim ng
Sec. 4 ng RA 9208 ay mapaparusahan ng pagkakulong
ng dalawampung (20) taon at magbabayad ng
multang hindi bababa sa isang milyong piso
(P1,000,000.00) ngunit hindi tataas sa dalawang
milyong piso (P2,000,000.00).
31. Ang sinumang bibili o magbabayad ng serbisyo ng
biktima ng trafficking ay mapaparusahan sa unang
pagkakataon ng anim (6) na buwan na community
at magbabayad ng multa na limampung libong piso
(P50,000.00). Para sa mga susunod na pagkakataon, ang
parusa ay pagkakulong ng isang (1) taon at
pagmumulta ng isandaang libong piso (P100,000.00).
32. REPUBLIC ACT No. 10364
http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10364_2013.html
This Act shall be known as the "Expanded Anti-Trafficking
in Persons Act of 2012”
An act to institute policies to eliminate trafficking in
persons especially women and children, establishing the
necessary institutional mechanisms for the protection and
support of trafficked persons, providing penalties for its
violations and for other purposes.
33. 1.Upang mapangalagaan ang karapatan
ng biktima, ang pagdinig sa kaso ng
trafficking ay confidential.
34. 2. Hindi rin maaaring parusahan ang biktima para
sa mga krimeng nagawa lamang bilang
pagsunod sa mga kagustuhan ng may-sala.
3.Mapasailalim sa witness protection program
kung kinakailangan.
35. 4.Iba pang suportang serbisyo mula sa iba’t ibang ahensya ng
pamahalaan:
a) Lugar na matitirhan (DSWD)
b) Counseling (DSWD)
c) Libreng serbisyo panlegal (DOJ/POEA)
d) Mga serbisyong medikal at sikolohikal
e) Mga programang pangkabuhayan
f) Pagtulong sa edukasyon ng batang biktima
36. Philippines is a source, transit, and destination
for human trafficking.
20,000 – 100,000 Philippine and foreign child
victims in the Philippines
Foreign tourists, particularly other Asians,
sexually exploit women and children.
37. Philippine men, women, and girls were trafficked for
labor and sexual exploitation to Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain,
Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, South
Africa, North America, and Europe.
38. 300,000 – 400,000 trafficked women
60,000 – 100, 000 trafficked children
39. The Philippines is a transit country for
victims trafficked from China.
The Philippines is a destination country for a
small number of women who are trafficked
from the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.),
South Korea, Japan, and Russia for sexual
exploitation.
40. The Philippines has internal trafficking of
women and children from rural areas,
particularly the Visayas and Mindanao, to
urban areas, such as Metro Manila and Cebu,
for sexual exploitation or forced labor as
domestic workers, factory workers, or in the
drug trade.