Thread: Philippines : 268 'rescued' from Angeles City girlie bars

268 'rescued' from Angeles City girlie bars
Zyann Ambrosio
09/17/2010

ANGELES CITY, Philippines – A total of 268 women, including 18 minors, have been rescued by authorities from nightclubs in Angeles City.

Teams from the Department of Justice, Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) raided girlie bars in the city’s red light district.

Three bars along Fields Avenue were also padlocked by the city government for violating local laws.

Renato Zapanta, head of the compliance and regulatory department of the Office of the City Mayor, said many of the women were either naked, wore see-through clothing, or had body paint while they danced in front of customers.

The women were brought to the Philippine National Police Training Center while the minors were placed under the care of the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Some relatives of the bar girls complained that the women were illegally arrested.

An official from the raiding team, however, clarified that the raids were part of a “rescue operation.”

"There's no illegal detention because the minors and victims were rescued by the DSWD and not under arrest.

Only those involved with the transactions constituting trafficking in person were arrested,” a text message from the official stated.

The authorities plan to launch more raids in the city’s red light district as part of the government’s campaign against human trafficking.

abs-cbnnews.com

Originally Posted by wefearourdespot

so ends also Angeles City

The PI has been a the undoing of many unweary mongers for a while now.
In 2007 they ammended the prostitution laws so that *any* person "trafficked" into prostitution is considered a child under the law no matter what their age.
This change in the law has allegedly led to much police corruption.