THE Department of Labor and Employment has intensified its campaign against illegal recruitment and human trafficking with the arrest of an alleged illegal recruiter who had victimized a number of overseas job applicants.
Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III ordered the immediate prosecution of a certain Toca Jr., for large-scale illegal recruitment who was nabbed by combined elements from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group and the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration in Quezon City.
Toca was arrested through an entrapment operation in a fastfood chain in Quezon City, while collecting money from an applicant as payment for job placement in Canada.
“Our initial investigation disclosed that Toca Jr., promised complainants jobs in Canada under the direct hire scheme. Each of them was collected an amount ranging from P15,000 to P40,000 for the processing of their travel documents,” according to POEA chief Leo Hans Cacdac.
