Uy, nadya.

Msta
na u?
Eow poh. Busy sa fb.
Hanap me work e
Ganun. Me offer ako.
Marunong k b
magluto?
Opo. Medjo. Jeje
^_^

Nghahnp kc ako waitress

Pwdi pu b ako
dyan?

Oo nman!
Kita tau bkas.
Cge po.
Kamusta nalang sa
mama at papa mo

Charact

Mrs. Angustina
Mother of Nadya
Filed a report to the police

Nadya
Victim
Travelling with her cousin,
Myra
Was found to be working
at a club in Olongapo
Fresh college graduate

Serapio
Family friend
Possible recruiter/middleman

Myra
Cousin of Nadya
Rebel growing up

Club Owner
Employer of Nadya

Position of Vulnerability
Article 3 of the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress
and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially
Women and Children supplementing the
United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime
vulnerability is used to refer to those
inherent, environmental or contextual factors
Increase the susceptibility of an individual or
group to being trafficked

Examples of
Vulnerable Persons or
Groups
Having entered
the country illegally or
without documentation
Pregnancy or any physical or mental
disease or disability of the person,
including addiction or the use of any
substance; or
Reduced capacity to form judgments
by virtue of being a child, illness,
infirmity or a physical or mental
disability; or

 Promises or giving sums of money or

other advantages to those having
authority over a person; or
Being in a precarious situation from
the standpoint of survival; or
Being in a precarious situation from
the standpoint of survival; or Other
relevant factors
Abuse of the economic situation of
the victim or of dependency on any
substance.

Examples of People
with Position of
Strength
Parent or a person having legal or
de facto control over the victim
Such as a social worker who is
responsible for the minor in the
course of his or her functions or
responsibilities.

POSITION OF STRENGTH
A position of strength stems from the
role an individual may occupy.
It may be by virtue of a position
where a person has been given power
over others
privileged position in relation to the
operations of a business or organization.

Position of Vulnerability

Circumstances surrounding Nadya and Myra would show their

vulnerability.
Such as age, hobbies, economic situation, gender and capacity to form
judgement

Position of Strength

- Nadya put her trust in Serapio

- He had the power to convince
Nadya

-He is whom the trafficked victims were

Sent to work under

Both Position of Vulnerability and

Strength
-Determined to find her daughter
- She is the cause of action of the
crime

Human Trafficking
is a modern form of slavery.
involves the recruitment, transportation, transfer,
harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat, use
of force or other forms of coercion, for the purpose of
exploitation(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Filipino human trafficking victims have been identified
in over 37 countries across five continents. Absence of
economic opportunities in the Philippines, gender role
socialization, and family dynamics make Filipinos
especially vulnerable to human trafficking crimes.
However, reliable statistics on the number of Filipino
human trafficking victims are currently unavailable.
[2013 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report]

Human Trafficking
in the Philippines

In analyzing the types of human trafficking crimes

experienced by Filipino victims, we find that false financial
promises are often used to lure Filipino children, men, and
women into dangerous human trafficking situations in the
Philippines and internationally. Within the country, sex
tourists come from Northeast Asia, Australia, Europe, and
North America to engage in sexual activity with children.
Child prostitution in the Philippines primarily takes place in
five types of places:

1) casas, a term used to describe brothels;

2) bars with sex shows;
3) restaurants and karaoke bars;
4) in the streets; and
5) in shopping malls.
NGO organizations suggest that there
may be 60,000 to 100,000 children forced
into prostitution in the Philippines.

Philippines on Tier 2
Watch List
The Philippines have maintained a ranking of Tier 2 or Tier 2 Watch List
on the State Department scale.
This ranking means that although the Philippines have not fully complied
with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) minimum standards, the
country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance.
However, for 2009 and 2010, the country was on the Tier 2 Watch List.
During those years, the number of victims of severe forms of trafficking
was very significant or significantly increasing; there was a failure to
provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of human
trafficking; and/or the determination that the Philippines was making
significant efforts to bring the country into compliance with minimum
standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional
future steps over the next year. (the U.S. State Department report)

Philippine
Situationer
In 2012, the Philippine government only landed 24 convictions of human
traffickers.
But on the other hand they used resources to assist 2,569 victims by
providing skills training, shelter, medical services, financial, and legal
assistance.

In that same year, at least 223 Filipino children were rescued from the
worst forms of child labor, including sex trafficking.

Additionally, pre-employment orientation seminars provided to Filipino

overseas workers may have potentially prevented an unknown number of
international human trafficking victimizations involving Filipino citizens.
(Source: Mehlman-Orozco, K. (2014, May 20). Human Trafficking in the
Philippines: A Blemish on Economic Growth. Retrieved September 19, 2015.

Ports of Exit
Government experts enumerated the exit
ports used by traffickers. The most
frequently used is the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport (NAIA).
This is followed by those using the
Zamboanga ports who travel by sea to
Malaysia (as a transit or destination
country). The Mactan International Airport
(Cebu) came in third.

 Based on reports of the Philippines National Police

(PNP) and Philippines Centre on Transnational
Crime (PCTC), the following ports are used in
smuggling and trafficking of both Filipinos and
foreigners:

Ilocos Sur (Salomague Island)

Zambo del Sur (Zambo Port, Bauin Point)
Davao del Sur (Davao Gulf, Digos Point, Panabo
Port)
Misamis Oriental (Port of Aplaya, Jasaan)
Bicol (Pio Duran, Albay)
Dagupan City
(Source: Leones, C., & Caparas, D. (n.d.). Trafficking