GAMU, ISABELA | 2 menor de edad ibinugaw sa Barangay Upi; Bugaw nahuli na

Kaagad na nahuli ang bugaw ng dalawang menor de edad sa isang beer house ng Barangay Upi, Gamu Isabela sa isinagawang operasyon ng National Bureau of Investigation o NBI sa oras na alas onse ng gabi, May 16, 2018. (Bugaw ng Dalawang Menor De Edad, Nahuli ng NBI Isabela! By susan mapa - May. 17, 2018 at 4:38pm20; https://rmn.ph/bugaw-ng-dalawang-menor-de-edad-nahuli-ng-nbi-isabela/)

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Human trafficking is a horrific crime against millions of people, especially against women and children, and it is increasing in the Philippines. There are 4.5 million people victimized by human traffickers annually around the world. But it could be much more since it is a hidden crime. It is the modern slavery and a crime against humanity. The most vulnerable are young women and minors who are lured or forced into the sex trade by human traffickers and sex bar owners and pimps. It is a dehumanizing experience for all victims especially the child victims most of whom are 15 to 17 years of age. It is estimated that 33 percent of the 4.5 million victims are minors. Once they fall into the hands and the control of the traffickers, they are powerless. They become captives. They are taken from villages and cash loans given to their parents to be repaid from the earning of the child in promised jobs. (Human trafficking a crime against children BY FR. SHAY CULLEN, SSC ON JUNE 18, 2017; www.manilatimes.net/human-trafficking-crime-children/333417/)