As of September 15, 2012, a total of 13,129 calls were received and 186 actual cases have been served by the 1343 Action Line on Human Trafficking. Most of these are illegal recruitment cases (30.6%) followed closely by human trafficking cases (29.6%). Around 3.0 percent of the reported cases were on mail order brides while the remaining 36.6 percent were for other human trafficking-related violations.
The CFO, having been appointed as chair of the Advocacy and Communications Committee of the Inter-Agency Council Against Human Trafficking (IACAT), established the 24/7 phone-based 1343 Action Line and recently the website www.1343actionline.ph to address the gap in services of the different government agencies and non-government organizations in assisting victims of human trafficking.
The call-based Action Line 1343 and www.1343actionline.ph are aimed at responding to requests for assistance, inquiries and referrals involving suspected human trafficking activities. These are also deemed to fast-track the referral and follow-up of cases, efficiently direct immediate assistance to human trafficking victims and disseminate information on human trafficking.
Please refer to the tables below for the latest and detailed 1343 Actionline figures.
Total Number of calls – 13,129
|
Classification of Case |
Total |
|
Illegal Recruitment |
57 |
|
Labor Exploitation (H.T.) |
24 |
|
Rape (H.T.) |
1 |
|
Sexual Exploitation (H.T.) |
29 |
|
Organ Transfer (H.T.) |
1 |
|
Mail-Order Bride |
6 |
|
Request for Immigration Assistance |
4 |
|
Unknown Cause of Death |
2 |
|
Legal Assistance |
41 |
|
Financial Assistance |
1 |
|
Location of Whereabouts |
19 |
|
Repatriation of Remains |
1 |
|
Total |
186 |
Summary:
Out of 55 cases of suspected human trafficking gathered from Actionline 1343 calls the following are the details of the minor victims:
|
Date Reported |
Sex |
Kind of Child Trafficking |
Status |
|
6/17/2011 |
F |
Labor |
Resolved |
|
6/17/2011 |
F |
Labor |
Resolved |
|
6/19/2011 |
F |
Labor |
Case on-going |
|
7/21/2011 |
M |
Labor also a victim of rape |
Resolved |
|
8/2/2011 |
M |
Labor |
Unresolved |
|
ACTION |
CASES |
VICTIMS |
|
Repatriation Assisted by CFO-1343 Action line |
113 |
114 |
|
Cases endorsed to NBI/PNP |
23 |
31 |
|
PCTC |
4 |
10 |
|
DSWD |
4 |
6 |
|
DOJ |
3 |
8 |
|
DFA-OUMWA/PECS |
41 |
47 |
|
OWWA |
8 |
8 |
|
NRCO |
3 |
3 |
|
POEA |
4 |
4 |
|
Bureau of Immigration |
4 |
4 |
|
DOLE |
4 |
4 |
|
Financial Assistance |
4 |
5 |
|
Rescue operation Assisted by CFO |
3 |
14 |
Source: CFO
