3 Malaysia-bound human trafficking victims rescued in Tawi-Tawi
Three would-be victims of a human trafficking ring who were bound for Malaysia were rescued in Tawi-Tawi last week, the Philippine Coast Guard said Monday.
Citing a belated report, the Coast Guard said its operatives rescued the three young women in Barangay Pawan in Mapun town in Tawi-Tawi last Oct. 22.
Acting on a tip, the Coast Guard rescued the three women aged 17, 18, and 24. It also identified the alleged trafficker as Ann Prado, but did not immediately say if Prado was arrested or charged.
It said the three would-be victims disclosed they were residents of Zamboanga del Sur and that Prado sent them to Mapun aboard the motor launch Trisha Li.
The three were to be sent to Sandakan, but were temporarily billeted at the house of a certain Ryan Asaral while waiting for an available sea transport.
Following the investigation, the Coast Guard escorted the victims to Zamboanga City and turned them over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 9 and representatives from Philippine Center on Transnational Crime-Western Mindanao.
The three are to undergo profiling, stress debriefing, counseling and court referral. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News
Citing a belated report, the Coast Guard said its operatives rescued the three young women in Barangay Pawan in Mapun town in Tawi-Tawi last Oct. 22.
Acting on a tip, the Coast Guard rescued the three women aged 17, 18, and 24. It also identified the alleged trafficker as Ann Prado, but did not immediately say if Prado was arrested or charged.
It said the three would-be victims disclosed they were residents of Zamboanga del Sur and that Prado sent them to Mapun aboard the motor launch Trisha Li.
The three were to be sent to Sandakan, but were temporarily billeted at the house of a certain Ryan Asaral while waiting for an available sea transport.
Following the investigation, the Coast Guard escorted the victims to Zamboanga City and turned them over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development Region 9 and representatives from Philippine Center on Transnational Crime-Western Mindanao.
The three are to undergo profiling, stress debriefing, counseling and court referral. —Joel Locsin/KBK, GMA News
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