Bureau of Immigration (BI) agents at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) have prevented from leaving for China a 24-year-old Filipina believed to be a mail-order bride and an apparent victim of human trafficking.
The agents’ suspicions were aroused as the Xiamen-bound passenger presented dubious documents, including a tampered marriage certificate.
Upon closer interrogation, the women eventually admitted she was paid P8,000 to cover travel expenses to China following a fake marriage with a Chinese national where she was given a bogus marital certificate.
Immigration commissioner Joel Anthony Viado theorized that the Filipina was a victim of an orchestrated mail-order bride, but was intercepted before she could board a Xiamen Airlines flight for China.
The woman said she was traveling with her brother to join up with her husband.
