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Visayan Sugar District Vows an End to Child Labor Practice
ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Philippines — Planters in the Ormoc-Kananga Sugar District have expressed a commitment to end the practice of hiring child labor in the sugar industry.

Immigration Operatives on Guard for Human Trafficking in the Philippines
Immigration operatives are on guard at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) following attempts by international syndicates to use Manila and Kuala Lumpur as transit point for human smuggling.

Trafficking of Filipinas in Singapore
The Philippine Embassy in Singapore reports on unabated trafficking of Filipinas to Singapore.

Efforts vs Exploitation in the Philippines
Efforts to put a stop to the trafficking and exploitation of children and women spreading in Negros Oriental have been stepped up by local government and non-government organizations.

NBI Rescues 40 from Trafficking Ring in Manila, Philippines
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents rescued at least 40 girls from a human trafficking syndicate in a raid on two apartments in Metro Manila.

Strategies to Improve Response to Trafficking in Persons Developed in the Philippines
As part of the efforts to strengthen the enabling environment to improve response to cases of anti-trafficking of persons and related casesin Eastern Visayas, an anti-trafficking in persons local technical working group/ local project consultation meeting will be conducted on January 7, 2008 at 9:00 o'clock in the morning at the Leyte Park Resort Hotel in Tacloban City.

Advocates Unite for Implementation of Anti-trafficking Law in Eastern Visayas, the Philippines
The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Local Technical Group and the American Center for International Labor Solidarity under the Strengthening the Enabling Environment to Improve Response to Trafficking in Persons and Related Cases (STEER) conducted a consultation meeting at Hotel Alejandro in Tacloban City, on Monday, January 7, 2008 and resolved to improve the coordination among the various stakeholders in government and in the private sector in the Region in order to effectively implement the Anti-Trafficking Law in the Region.

Two Filipinas Tried for Trafficking in Hong Kong
The trial of two Filipino women in what government officials said was a “landmark” human trafficking case began here on Monday.

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.

Human Trafficking Should Be Taught in Philippines' Schools
  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.