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Immigration bureau warns public vs emerging human trafficking trends amid COVID-19 pandemic

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Immigration has urged the public to exercise caution amid what it said were the emerging human trafficking trends amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement, Immigration bureau Travel Control and Enforcement Unit Head Ma. Timotea Barizo said one of the most common ‘modus operandi’ of human traffickers is the falsification of Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs) and the subsequent tampering with Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) forms. “There are instances […]