(Unsplash / MANILA BULLETIN) In a report to BI Commissioner Jaime Morente, travel control enforcement chief Ma. Timotea Barizo said the two were already inside the departure area of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 when an immigration officer found a flaw in their Overseas Employment Certificates (OECs). The officer said the duo’s certificates were not reflected in the BI’s database, which is linked to the computer network of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA). Upon interrogation, the human trafficking victims confessed that their recruiter gave them their OECs at the airport shortly before their scheduled departure that day. They each paid P35,000 for the useless piece of paper.