US nat’l nabbed for ‘human trafficking’

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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
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Wednesday, March 1, 2017
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ILOILO City – A 52-year-old American national charged with cyber pornography and human trafficking in Manila was arrested here yesterday.

Allen Jack Thomas was caught at the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Region 6 office where he applied for a clearance.

While checking Thomas’ records, NBI discovered that the foreigner had a standing arrest warrant issued by the Regional Trial Court, Branch 012 in Manila.

The cyber pornography and human trafficking charges were filed against Thomas in 2007 yet, said NBI Special Agent John Katipunan.

The charges were non-bailable, he added.

Thomas was detained at the NBI-6 and would be transported to Manila anytime soon.

The American national had been staying in the Philippines for a decade now. It was only two months ago that he moved to Iloilo City for a job at a business process outsourcing company in Mandurriao district.

For this job, he was required to secure an NBI clearance.

Thomas was arrested around 10 a.m. He was initially defiant, according to Katipunan.

The American’s capture came just days after NBI agents caught in Fort San Pedro five people allegedly involved in a “worldwide” syndicated fraud that victimized a woman from the island province of Guimaras.

Two entrapment operations led to the arrest of a Filipina, two Nigerians and two Malaysians.

Rosalyn Ibarra of Bacoor, Cavite, and live-in partner Frances Onyebuchi Amadi, a Nigerian; Chukwudi Ugwu, another Nigerian; and Malaysian nationals Sitti Faridah Binti Abdul Hamid and Ishamah Binti Sheck Dawood were hauled to the NBI Region 6 detention cell.

They were charged with syndicated estafa in relation to the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 at the City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday.

Ibarra was caught on Feb. 23 while the rest were entrapped on Sunday.

A complaint from a woman the bureau identified only as “Marcelina” of Guimaras prompted the entrapment.

NBI’s Katipunan said Marcelina, a resident of Barangay Agsanayan Carigon, Buenavista, Guimaras, sought their help after losing some P32 million to Nigerian and Malaysian swindlers./PN

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