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July 19, 2021 Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) stopped from leaving, four female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), who were recruited to work as household service workers in Dubai, but pretended that they were going to work in Europe. In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI’s Travel Control and Enforcement Unit (TCEU) said that the passengers attempted to board an Emirates flight to Dubai at the NAIA Terminal 3 last July 12...

(Photo from PNA) In a report to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, the agency’s Travel Control and Enforcement Unit (TCEU) said that the passengers were about to board an Emirates flight to Dubai when they were intercepted. The women initially showed valid work permits and visas to Albania in southeastern Europe, but later admitted that they were actually hired to work as household service workers in Dubai. They likewise admitted that they were not going to proceed to the said European country. �...

July 13, 2021 Officers of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) intercepted on Saturday evening a human trafficking victim who assumed the identity of another person. The victim, whose name was withheld in compliance with current anti-trafficking laws, hails from Cotabato but attempted to depart via Qatar Airways flight No. QR 931 at the Clark International Airport to work as a household service worker (HSW) in Doha, Qatar. According to the report of Travel Control and Enforcement Unit (TCEU) Officers...

KOTA KINABALU: A syndicate involved in human smuggling was smashed by the Sabah Immigration Dept with the arrest of three suspects and the rescue of nine women in Semporna on the east coast. State Immigration director Datuk Dr Muhamad Sade Mohamad Amin said the suspects, two men and a woman, are believed to have lured the women with the promise of lucrative jobs in the Middle East. "Each woman paid the syndicate up to RM13,000 in service fees for lucrative job placements in the Middle East, esp...

27 Lower Mainland gang members convicted thanks to special task force, police say A joint effort between police agencies in the Lower Mainland has led to convictions against 27 gang members in the region. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jul 09, 2021 4:41 PM PT | Last Updated: July 9 Police say 27 gang members in the Lower Mainland have been arrested and convicted over the past three and a half years, thanks to a special task force aimed at addressing gang violence.(Ben Nelms/CBC) A joint e...

Article content The VPD-led Taskforce Tourniquet comprised several joint enforcement projects dubbed Projects Tariff, Temper, Triplet and Territory. It was launched in 2017 to combat increasing gang violence. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Anti-gang task force results in 27 convictions, drug and firearms seizures: Vancouver police Back to video Police say the convictions resulting from the task force’s investigations have led to a period of ...

The VPD-led task force was launched in 2017 as a response to increasing gang violence. It included officers from the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of BC, the RCMP, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), and local municipal police departments. “Together, the team launched several projects under the Tourniquet umbrella, including Projects Tariff, Temper, Triplet and Territory,” VPD spokesperson Constable Tania Visintin said in a statement. A total of 27 people were conv...

SunStar (From: Pangasinan PPos Facebook) + July 06, 2021 LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – The Pangasinan Police Provincial Office (PPPO) has arrested some 5,318 individuals in different anti-drug operations from 2016 to July 1 this year. In an interview on Monday, PPPO information officer Maj, Arturo Melchor Jr. said they have conducted over 4,957 anti-drug operations during the period. “We have confiscated 4,885 grams of shabu and 29,727 grams of dried marijuana in the span of the given...

The BVI Beacon Customs and Immigration chiefs appear before Commission of Inquiry Customs Commissioner Wade Smith and Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn, the heads of the territory’s two biggest border enforcement agencies, sat before the Commission of Inquiry on June 23 and … In his June 23 testimony before the Commission of Inquiry, Chief Immigration Officer Ian Penn said his department had investigated at least two complaints of abuse of power or other matters of dishonesty over the ...

June 28, 2021 Bureau of Immigration (BI) officers at the Clark International Airport (CIA) intercepted two female overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) bound for Jeddah for misrepresenting their age. In a report to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, Travel Control and Enforcement Unit officers Maria Clarissa Bartolome and Kaypee Enebrad detailed the interception of the duo last Thursday, after being suspected of falsifying their age to qualify to work as Household Service Workers (HSWs) abroad. The duo,...