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Two Filipinas Tried for Human Trafficking in Hong Kong
First Filipina women to be charged with human trafficking outside of the Philippines.

Morocco Center of Trafficking of Filipinos to Europe
The promise of employment and a better future has forced many Filipinos to resort to illegal means just to get to Europe.

Filipino 'Sex Slaves' Rescued in Malaysia
Three women who were rescued from a flesh trade in Malaysia on November 9, 2007 and repatriated to the Philippines on November 15, 2007 filed charges of illegal recruitment and human trafficking against their recruiter.

Should Human Trafficking Should be Taught in School in the Philippines?
If this NBI chief agent had his way, the problem of human trafficking and how not to be caught in the traffickers’ snares would be discussed among schoolchildren.

Exploitation of Skilled Migrants in Australia Exposed
Conditions in remote Australian workplaces, where two foreigners died within three days in June, are so harsh that a leading immigration expert says they are "akin to slavery".

Philippines officials ask US to get to Iraq to probe ‘trafficking’ allegations
Oversees Foreign Workers (OFWs) allegedly forced to work on US embassy in Baghdad.

Dateline NBC in USA Spotlights the Sex Trade in the US and Southeast Asia
Dateline NBC's Chris Hansen reports on three stories of human trafficking spanning from the United States to Southeast Asia.

ASEAN Declaration Urges Better Migrant Worker Rights
Thailand is taking steps to reform migrant worker laws and regulations but still falls short and often fails to take into account the situation faced by refugees, especially from Burma.

EU and ASEAN Join Hands to Fight Trafficking
Foreign ministers of the European Union and the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) agreed to back the launch of talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two blocs.

Philippines Strengthens Capacity to Combat Human Trafficking
A new super body under the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) will help monitor, entrap, apprehend, investigate and prosecute persons involved in human trafficking or the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of people for exploitation.

Child Trafficking Cases on the Rise in The Philippines
The government should exert more effort in combating child trafficking cases as it continues to rise every year.

US State Department Releases 2006 Human Rights Report
The US State of Department has released the 2006 Human Rights Report.

The Stark Reality of Human Trafficking in the Philippines
The modus operandi is almost always the same - sweet-talking recruiters entice parents to allow their young daughters to leave the provinces and work in Manila as domestic helpers with promises of huge salaries.

US Backs Deal on Anti-trafficking in Philippines' Ports
In a move to formalize the Republic of the Philippines-United States' stance on the Anti-Trafficking in Person (TIP) drive, the US granted US $250,000 to the Philippine Ports Authority-Ports Management Office (PPA-PMO) in Davao recently to intensify the anti-trafficking campaign nationwide.

Philippine Conference Against Trafficking of Children and Women
Conference Materials are Released.