THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has unmasked another modus by human traffickers using even minors to evade detection by airport authorities.
The BI was able to intercept at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport a group, including a four-year-old boy, that was about to fly purportedly for a five-day vacation in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Upon intense interrogation however, the passengers consisting of two women and a man in their 20s, confessed they were going to Cambodia to work as customer service representatives. They admitted having found the job offer online.
BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado said this is another case of the ‘bitbit’ scheme, whereby seemingly legitimate travelers accompany trafficking victims to facilitate their departure from the Philippines.
