Senator accuses immigration officers of human trafficking
A SENATOR on Tuesday accused some immigration officers of involvement in human trafficking. Senator Risa N. Hontiveros-Baraquel, who has previously initiated a probe on the illegal entry of Chinese nationals by paying off members of the Bureau of Immigration, said they were able to reach three Filipino women who were brought to Syria without their consent. Ms. Hontiveros said they will conduct a committee hearing over the trafficking scheme to identify the estimated number of victims and the involved officers. “This is a case of large-scale trafficking, and trafficking in syndicate. Life imprisonment