+ Follow Trafficking Tag
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[Title] => Mike Defensor’s wife denies ties to raided Pasig City establishment
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[Title] => Mail-order bride? Woman hid China visa by gluing passport pages
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[Title] => Immigration stops Russia-bound trafficking attempt at NAIA
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[Title] => 2 Pinays file illegal detention, recruitment complaints vs London-based Italian national, others in Tanauan
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[Title] => Landmark ruling: Alice Guo’s conviction first under ‘organizing trafficking’
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[Title] => In denying POGO exec's plea, Supreme Court upholds Congress inquiries
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[Title] => Philippine maintains Tier 1 status in US trafficking report
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[Title] => Quezon City government supports OSAEC victims
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[Title] => Philippine maintains Tier 1 status in US trafficking report
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