COTABATO CITY -- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) will launch Thursday morning its Council Against Trafficking (Acat) in an effort to contain the increasing number of Armm residents being victimized by human traffickers.

Armm Governor Mujiv Hataman will formally launch Acat and meet the United Nation repertoire, including the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) representatives to discuss the real situation of human trafficking cases in the region.

THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested last Tuesday a couple suspected of illegal recruitment and human trafficking in Lapu-Lapu City.

Nine women, who are their alleged victims, were rescued at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.

The presence of the Philippine delegation here today is an acknowledgment of three important realities.

First, the exemplary leadership that the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has shown in the efforts of the community of nations against trafficking of human beings.