29 mail-order brides rescued from syndicate

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A joint team launches an entrapment operation following complaints before the Commission on Filipinos Overseas

MANILA, Philippines – Acting on complaints from the victims themselves, police on Wednesday, June 26, rescued 29 women who were duped into participating in a mail-order bride scheme with Korean men. 

A joint team composed of the Philippine National Police – Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG), PNP – Intelligence Group and Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, raided a house at St Andrea Village 2, Brgy Panapaan, Bacoor, Cavite and arrested 3 Filipinos and two Korean nationals, who were purportedly members of a syndicate. 

The entrapment operation was launched following a report from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, which received complaints from the victims, police said. 

Republic Act 6955 prohibits the business of organizing marriages between Filipinas and foreign men. Angela Casauay/Rappler.com

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