Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
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Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
BI bares ploy using fake marriages in human trafficking
Published on: May 19, 2023
By Susan De Leon
QUEZON CITY, (PIA)-- Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco commended immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after rescuing a Filipina, suspected of being a trafficking victim, who attempted to leave by falsely claiming she was going to meet her foreign husband.
“We commend our officers at the airport for a job well done. This ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work. We warn the public against allowing themselves to be lured by such scheme,” Tansingco said in a statement in reaction to the incident.
In a report to Tansingco, the BI’s travel control and enforcement unit (TCEU) said that the passenger was stopped from leaving last May 14 at the NAIA Terminal 3 before she could board an Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpur en route to her final destination in Phom Penh, Cambodia.
The TCEU reported that the passenger, whose identity was not disclosed as mandated by law, was prevented from boarding her flight after officers discovered that she presented a spurious certificate of marriage to her alleged Chinese spouse whom she said she was supposed to meet upon arriving in Cambodia.
It was learned that the BI inspectors noticed many inconsistencies in the victim’s statement as well as discrepancies in the documents she presented.
A check of her alleged husband’s travel record showed that he was barred from entering the country by BI officers at the NAIA in September last year on the ground that he is likely to become a public charge.
The certificate of marriage the victim presented, however, indicate that their marriage occurred in October last year or a month after her alleged spouse was barred from entering the country.
When further asked during interview, the victim eventually admitted that a fixer, who claimed to be a lawyer, was responsible for processing her travel documents. She said she paid the latter P35,000 for his services. She shared that she was asked to sign the marriage contract in a coffee shop in Manila.
She also bared (sic) that it was her fake foreign spouse who shouldered the cost of her trip to Cambodia.
https://pia.gov.ph/news/2023/05/19/bi-b ... rafficking
Published on: May 19, 2023
By Susan De Leon
QUEZON CITY, (PIA)-- Immigration Commissioner Norman Tansingco commended immigration officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) after rescuing a Filipina, suspected of being a trafficking victim, who attempted to leave by falsely claiming she was going to meet her foreign husband.
“We commend our officers at the airport for a job well done. This ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work. We warn the public against allowing themselves to be lured by such scheme,” Tansingco said in a statement in reaction to the incident.
In a report to Tansingco, the BI’s travel control and enforcement unit (TCEU) said that the passenger was stopped from leaving last May 14 at the NAIA Terminal 3 before she could board an Air Asia flight to Kuala Lumpur en route to her final destination in Phom Penh, Cambodia.
The TCEU reported that the passenger, whose identity was not disclosed as mandated by law, was prevented from boarding her flight after officers discovered that she presented a spurious certificate of marriage to her alleged Chinese spouse whom she said she was supposed to meet upon arriving in Cambodia.
It was learned that the BI inspectors noticed many inconsistencies in the victim’s statement as well as discrepancies in the documents she presented.
A check of her alleged husband’s travel record showed that he was barred from entering the country by BI officers at the NAIA in September last year on the ground that he is likely to become a public charge.
The certificate of marriage the victim presented, however, indicate that their marriage occurred in October last year or a month after her alleged spouse was barred from entering the country.
When further asked during interview, the victim eventually admitted that a fixer, who claimed to be a lawyer, was responsible for processing her travel documents. She said she paid the latter P35,000 for his services. She shared that she was asked to sign the marriage contract in a coffee shop in Manila.
She also bared (sic) that it was her fake foreign spouse who shouldered the cost of her trip to Cambodia.
https://pia.gov.ph/news/2023/05/19/bi-b ... rafficking
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Re: Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
This ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work.
Is it difficult for a single female to leave The Philippines for a holiday?
It sounds a bit Orwellian for an otherwise (reasonably) liberal country.
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Re: Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 9:31 amThis ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work.
Is it difficult for a single female to leave The Philippines for a holiday?
It sounds a bit Orwellian for an otherwise (reasonably) liberal country.
I wondered that too.
Although any society where a uniform wearing pig can shoot one dead, explain to colleagues without evidence "ah, that dead guy was a drug dealer, no worries" and carry on about his day isn't all that liberal in my eyes
Re: Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
Sure, hence the qualification of "(reasonably)".Jerry Atrick wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 9:40 amDoc67 wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 9:31 amThis ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work.
Is it difficult for a single female to leave The Philippines for a holiday?
It sounds a bit Orwellian for an otherwise (reasonably) liberal country.
I wondered that too.
Although any society where a uniform wearing pig can shoot one dead, explain to colleagues without evidence "ah, that dead guy was a drug dealer, no worries" and carry on about his day isn't all that liberal in my eyes
But it does seem the Filly government is seriously on the case about their women being trafficked or otherwise tricked into an abusive situation.
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Re: Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
It's difficult for them to leave for work, they need documentation.Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 9:31 amThis ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work.
Is it difficult for a single female to leave The Philippines for a holiday?
It sounds a bit Orwellian for an otherwise (reasonably) liberal country.
Silence, exile, and cunning.
Re: Filipina Trafficked to Cambodia as a Fake Bride
Yes, there's a whole practice/culture there of "offloading" i.e. denying young Filipinas the ability to check in for any flight out of the country unless they can convince the airport immigration authorities they are not being trafficked.Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat May 20, 2023 9:31 amThis ploy of using fake marriages to foreigners to sidestep our strict departure inspection formalities is an old trick that will no longer work.
Is it difficult for a single female to leave The Philippines for a holiday?
It sounds a bit Orwellian for an otherwise (reasonably) liberal country.
See, for example, this guide for how to avoid being offloaded:
https://pinayschengenvisa.com/how-to-av ... migration/
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