The Bureau of Immigration intercepted a Filipina trafficking sufferer who allegedly introduced a counterfeit Belgian passport that she purchased by social media app Tiktok.
In an announcement launched on Saturday, the BI mentioned the Filipina tried to board a Kuwait Airlines flight to Ercan, Cyprus on the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 1 and claimed she was transiting from Kuwait to Izmir, Turkey.
The immigration officers submitted her paperwork for forensic screening after flagging a number of inconsistencies on her passport and arrival stamps.
The screening outcomes revealed that her passport, residence card, and immigration stamps have been all faux.
The sufferer initially insisted that she was a Belgian nationwide. But she ultimately confessed that she was a former abroad Filipino employee with a Philippine passport to keep away from arrest as an unlawful alien.
According to the sufferer, she purchased the faux EU passport on Tiktok for over P700,000 so she might journey visa-free to a number of nations. She additionally mentioned that she was promised a job as a caregiver with a P180,000 per thirty days wage in Greece.
The sufferer was turned over to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking to file costs in opposition to her recruiter. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
