19 Tawi-Tawi women saved from traffickers — Binay
05/26/2012Authorities have rescued a total of 19 women, including two minors, from being trafficked outside the country in four separate rescue operations in Bongao town in Tawi-Tawi, Vice President Binay said Friday.
Binay, who sits as the chairman emeritus of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT), lauded the successful rescues and said the latest string of operations showed “the government’s commitment to curb human trafficking in the country.”
He related that “yesterday’s rescue saved two minors from the Zamboanga Peninsula, aged 16 and 17 years old, while the operations on May 23 led to the rescue of eight women and the arrest of one suspect..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20120526nat3.html
0 comments
Post a Comment