BI Clark,pampanga,, nabs 4 Koreans for human trafficking

BI Clark nabs 4 Koreans for human trafficking


CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga -- Four Koreans suspected of illegal recruitment and human trafficking were nabbed on Monday by joint operatives of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) Area Office 2 based here and Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment.

Immigration Area 2 Director Heranio Manalo identified the four Korean nationals as Ricky Jung, Rich Shin, one Ivan and one Elvin.



The suspects were also working in the country without permits, according to Manalo.

He said 15 Filipino women, who were rescued by the authorities, were about to work as singers and dancers in South Korea.

The Koreans and the 15 Filipino women were taken to the office of the Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment in Camp Crame.

Charges of wide-scale illegal recruitment, human trafficking and working without permits are being readied against the Koreans.

The 15 Filipino women were advised to file illegal recruitment charges against the Koreans.

Manalo said the Koreans were apprehended in various locations in Angeles City pursuant to the mission order issued by Commissioner Marcelino Libanan against the suspects.

Two of them were arrested at the Yoojin Travel & Tours Office along Friendship Highway while the others were found at Sunset Estate, Palace Hotel in Barangay Anunas, Widus Hotel and a “safe house” at Timog Park.

“This is a major accomplishment of Immigration Area 2 under the ‘Regionalization Program’ of the Bureau of Immigration implemented by Commissioner Libanan early this month,” said Manalo.

Commissioner Libanan has effected the arrest of the Koreans for their continued violations of the Philippines Immigration Act of 1940.

The BID Area 2 has received information on the illegal operations of the group.

The applicants are being brought to a training center in Aduas Norte, Cabanatuan City where their tourist visa will be issued before they are deployed to Korea.

The arresting officers include SPO1 Henry Bertillo and PO1 Junvy Camero of the Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment and Eric Anthony Gan and Lucito Mercado of BI-Clark.

Last month, human trafficking charges were also leveled against two Malaysian nationals who were apprehended escorting three Filipino women out of the country.

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