In observance of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on Friday, July 30, Senator Win Gatchalian cited the urgency of strengthening the country’s laws to combat different forms of trafficking, saying the government should do more.
“Sa mga nalalabing buwan ng kasalukuyang administrasyon, mahalagang tutukan natin ang pagsugpo sa human trafficking, lalo na’t marami sa mga kabataan natin ang nanganganib maging biktima nito,” the senator said.
While the United States Department of State’s 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report retains the Philippines’ Tier 1 status for meeting the minimum standards on the elimination of trafficking, Gatchalian pointed out the vulnerability of children to trafficking crimes.
According to the State Department’s report, most of the 73 traffickers convicted by the government under the anti-trafficking act and related laws subjected children to sex trafficking, 25 of which sexually exploited children online.
Out of the 1,205 trafficking victims served by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), 157 were victims of online sexual exploitation of children (OSEC).
In 2020, the Department of Justice Office of Cybercrime received 1.29 million Cybertipline reports of alleged OSEC cases from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in the United States. This is thrice the 426,000 reported in 2019, Gatchalian said.
The senator also recalled how some students resorted to the online selling of lewd images and videos to raise funds for distance learning.
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