(PhilStar) MANILA, Philippines — A Filipino woman who was trafficked to Myanmar to work for an online company without compensation had to pay her employers before she was allowed to return to the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration said.
According to the bureau’s statement on Saturday, the trafficking victim had to find three other Filipinos to replace her before she could leave and eventually seek from the Philippine Embassy.
The trafficking victim was tricked into agreeing to a job offer after recruiters contracted her through Facebook. She was offered a $1,000 salary as a customer service representative in Thailand, the bureau’s statement read… Read More