A female police officer who intercepted a suspected case of trafficking
of five young girls from Tacloban City attributes her alertness to her
training on human trafficking provided by the United Nations Population
Fund and its partners in the campaign against gender-based violence.
The five girls, aged between 10 and 15, were onboard
a bus leaving for Manila in Abucay bus terminal just before Holy Week
when the police officer, with social welfare officer Carmela Bastes from
the Tacloban City Social Welfare and Development Office, held them. The
girls were traveling with four adults claiming to be members of a
non-government organization helping survivors of typhoon Yolanda.
When asked by the police officer, the girls said they were going to
Manila but could not give further information. The suspecting police
officer and CSWD worker then invited the girls and their adult
companions for further questioning at the police station.
The
four adults, including a woman in a nun’s habit, reportedly arrived in
Leyte on April 9 and conducted relief goods distribution in one barangay
in the municipality of Marabut, where the girls live. (opt)
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