SALIENT FEATURES

OF THE OF
REPUBLIC ACT NO.
9208 as amended
by
Expanded AntiTrafficking in
Persons Act of
2012, or Republic
Act 10364

What is the Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons

Act of 2012?
The Expanded Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of
2012, or Republic Act 10364 is an act that
institutes policies to eliminate trafficking in
persons especially women and children. Also, it
establishes the necessary mechanisms to protect
and support trafficked persons, and provides
penalties thereof.
R.A. 10364 is said to be an expanded and
strengthened version of the Anti-Trafficking in
Persons Act of 2003 (R.A 9208) and the new law
now covers attempted trafficking, as well as
accomplice and accessory liabilities.

In the new law, the following acts are now

considered human trafficking:
recruitment of domestic/overseas employment
for sexual exploitation;
forced labor or involuntary debt bondage;
recruitment of Filipino woman to marry a
foreigner;
recruitment for sex tourism;
recruitment for organ removal; and
recruitment of a child to engage in armed
activities abroad;

CATEGORIES OF TRAFFICKING
There are three categories of
trafficking acts punishable under
the Anti-Trafficking in Persons
Act:
Acts of trafficking in
persons(Ang Pagtrapik sa Tawo);
Acts that promote
trafficking( Mga Kalihokan nga
nagpasi-ugda sa pagtrapik sa
tawo), and
Qualified trafficking(Ang .
Bug-at na pamaagi sa pagt
rapik sa mga tawo).

DEFINITION OF
TRAFFICKING IN
PERSON (TIP)

The law defined trafficking

in persons-refers to the
recruitment,
transportation, transfer
or harboring, or receipt of
persons, with of without
the victims consent or
knowledge, within or
across the national
borders by means of
threat or use of force or
other forms of coercion,
abduction, fraud,
deception, abuse of
power or position,

taking advantage of the

vulnerability of the person, or
the giving or receiving of
payments or benefits to
achieve the consent of a
person having control over
another person for the
purpose of exploitation which
includes at the minimum, the
exploitation or the
prostitution of others or
others or other forms of
sexual exploitation, forced
labor or services, slavery,
servitude or the removal of
sale of organs.

The recruitment,
transportation,
transfer, harboring
or receipt of a child
for the purpose of
exploitation shall
also be considered
as trafficking in
persons even if it
does not involve
any means set forth
in the preceding
paragraph.

ANG TRAPIKING
NAGPASABOT SA
PAG-AGNI
(RECRUIT), PAGDALA
(TRANSPORT),
PAGBALHIN
(TRANSFER) UG
PAGDAWAT
(RECEIVE) UG MGA
TAWO ARON SILA
PAHIMUSLAN
(EXPLOIT) DINHI SA
SULOD O GAWAS SA
NASUD.

Base sa depinisyon sa bala-od (R.A.

No 9208) sa trapiking ug mga
tawo, adunay, tulo ka
importanteng elemento: Mao kini
ang mga musunod:
ACTS(AKTO),
The MEANS (PAMA-AGI) and the
EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSE
(EKSPLOYTASYONG MOTIBO)

Ang trapiking gihimo niini nga

mga pamaagi:
1.Paghulga ( threat)
2.Paggamit sa pwersakusog( force)
3.Lain pang pamaagi sa pamugos
(other forms of coercion)
4.Pagdagit (abduction)

5. Pangilad (fraud)
6. Pagbudhi (deception)
7. Pagpahimulos sa katungdanan (
abuse of power or position)
8. Pagpahimulos sa kahuyangon
sa tawo (taking of the
vulnerability of the person)

9. Paghatag o pagdawat og bayad

o uban pang benepisyon aron
makuja ang pagtugot sa tawo
nga adunay kontrol sa usa pa ka
tawo. ( The giving or receiving of
payments or benefits to achieve
the consent of a person having
control over another person

Meaning Of Means
In essence and by the very nature
of the means employed, there
can be no free and voluntary
consent of the trafficked person.

Mahulog gihapon nga trapiking

bisan pa kung motugot ang
biktima o dili ba kaha nasayud
siya nga siya ginatrapik na siya.
Ang rason kay ug nitugot man siya
ang iyang pagtugot (consent)
dili uyon sa iyang kaugalingon
kabobut-on ug tungod sa
pamaagi nga napuslan sa
trapiker

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
Sa trapiking, kinahanlan nga ang
elemento nga pangabuso o
eksploytasyon mapahimuslan.
Kining elemento sa depinisyon sa
trapiking mao ang intensyon
aron sa paggamit sa tawo
pinaagi sa motibo nga pangabuso o exploytasyon sa tawo

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
Ang mga exploytasyon nga
gihisgutan sa RA No. 9208 dili
ekslusibo kay tungod kani
magbunga ug lain pang mga
pamaagi aron ipaantos ang
biktima mahitungod sa
motibong eksploytasyon.

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
ANG KATOYUAN SA TAPIKING MAO
ANG PAGPANGHIMULOS SA MGA
BIKTIMA.
KAUBAN SA MGA EHEMPLO SA
MGA MAPAHIMUSLANONG
KATUYOAN MAO ANG MGA
MUSUNOD:

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
1. PROSTITUSYON
( Prostitution)
2. PORNOGRAPIYA
(Pornography)
3. Turismong seksual

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
4. EKSPLOYTASYON SEKSWAL
(sexual exploitation)
5. PINUGOS NGA
PAGTRABAHO(Forced Labor)

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
6. Pangulipon (slavery)
7. Dili gustong pagpanarbaho
(involuntary servitude)
8. Pagkahigut sa utang (debt
bondage)

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
9. Pagtangtang o pagbaligya saparte sa
lawas sa tawo
( removal or sale of human organs)
10. Paggamit ug tawo labi na mga minor
de edad alang sa armadong kalihokan
sa sulod o gawas sa Pilipinas ( To
recruit, transport, adopt or use a child
to engage in arm activities in the
Philippines or abroad)

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
This definition should not be
correlated with Article 202 (5) of
the Revised Penal Code that
penalizes prostitutes, wherein
habituality is an essential
element.

EXPLOITATIVE PURPOSES
A more important distinction is to
whom the criminal liability may
attach. In cases under Article
202 (a), the woman is
considered the offender. Under
RA9208 the women and children
exploited in prostitution are the
victims. Thus, victims of
trafficking should not be
prosecuted for violations of
Article 202 (5) of the RPC.

Consent or Knowledge of the Victim:

The consent or knowledge of the
victim does not exempt or mitigate
the offenders criminal liability. It
is not material fact that can be
raised as an issue during
prosecution. Thus, the introduction
of any evidence during trial that the
victim consented or had full
knowledge of the trafficking is
irrelevant to the case.

Child trafficking
Ang ikaduhang paragraph
Seksyon 3 (a) sa R.A. No. 9208
naghatag ug kalainan sa bata ug
hamtong sa pang-ngidaron Kung
bata ang biktima sa trapiking,
kani tawagon pagihapon ug
trapiking bisan walay kalakip
nga panghulga o pwersa ug uban
pang klaseng sa pangpamugos.

Ang tumong sa CHILD TAPIKING mao

ang pag trapik sa bata o mga bata.
Matawag ang usa ka tawo nga bata
kung siya wala pa nakatungtong sa
ika- 18 ka tuig o kon dili ba sobra na
siyas sa 18 apan dunay kakulangon
ang iyang pang-isip o panglawas ug
dili pa niya igo panalipdan ang iyang
kaugalingon batuk sa pang-abuso,
pagkawalay pagtagad, pagpanglu-ib,
exploytasyon/pagpanglupig o
diskriminasyon.

Ang Child Trapiking, usa sa

pinakabangis nga krimen batok
sa bata na may edad ubos sa 18.
Nagkahulugan kini sa pagpahawa
sa bata gikan sa iyang naandan
nga palibot ug pagbalhin kaniya
ngadto sa bag-o ug piligroso nga
kahimtang sulod man kini o
gawas sa nasud.

Ang maong kahimtang mapait

gayod tungod kay siya
naginusara sa bag-o o langyaw
nga palibot ug posibleng
maltratohon isip ulipon o
mahituklod sa sekwal nga
pangabuso

What are considered as Acts of

Trafficking in Persons?
1.Recruiting, transferring, harboring,
providing or receiving a person by
any means for purposes of
prostitution, pornography, sexual
exploitation, forced labor, slavery,
involuntary servitude or debt
bondage.
2.Recruiting any Filipino woman to
marry a foreign national for purpose
of acquiring, buying, offering, selling
him/her to engage in prostitution,
pornography, sexual exploitation,
forced labor, slavery, involuntary
servitude or debt bondage;

3. Undertaking or organizing tours

and travel plans for purpose of
exual tourism consisting of
tourism packages for purposes
of utilizing or offering persons
for prostitution, pornography or
sexual exploitation (ANG
MOHIMO O MAGPATIGAYUN UG
BYAHE ALANG SA MGA TURISTA
KUNG ANG KATUYUAN NIINI
ALANG SA PROSTITUSYON O
PORNOGRAPIYA O SEKWAL NGA
PANGABUSO;

4. Maintaining or hiring a
person to engage in
prostitution or
pornography
( PANGONTRATA O
PAGPANG- EMPLEYO UG
TAWO PARA SA
PROSTITUSYON O
PORNOGRAPIYA)

6. Adopting or facilitating the

adoption of persons for the
purpose of prostitution,
pornography, sexual
exploitation, forced labor,
slavery, involuntary servitude
or debt bondage ( PAGKUPKOP
O PAGTABANG SA PAGKUPKOP
OF TAWO ARON GAMITON SA
PROSTITUSYON,
EXPLOYTASYONG SEKWAL,
PORNOGRAPIYA, PINUGOS NGA
PANARABAHO, DILI GUSTONG
PAGPANARBAHO, PANGULIPON
O PAGKAHIGOT SA UTANG;

7. Recruiting, hiring, adopting,

transporting or abducting a
person, by means of threat or
force, fraud, deceit, violence,
coercion or intimidation for the
purpose of removal or sale of
organs; (PAG-REKRUT,
MAGKUPKOP, MAGBALHIN O
MOFAGIT or SA TAWO ALANG SA
PAGTANGTANG UG PAGBALIKYA SA
PARTE SA LAWAS NIINI)

8. Recruiting, transporting or
adopting a child to engage in
armed activities in the
Philippines or abroad.
(magreckrut, magbalhin o
mokupkop sa bata aron gamiton
isip sakop sa armadong
pakigbisog)

WHAT ACTS CONSTITUTE PROMOTING

TRAFFICKING?

1. Knowingly leasing or
subleasing property for
trafficking purposes;
2. (ANG MAGPA-ABANG O
MAGPAGGAMIT UG BALAY,
GAMBALAY O
ESTABLISAMENTO)

WHAT ACTS CONSTITUTE PROMOTING

TRAFFICKING?

2. Producing, printing, issuing or

distributing unissued, tampered or
fake counseling certificates,
registration stickers and other
certificates of government used for
regulatory and pre-departure
requirements for the purpose of
promoting trafficking; (ANG
MAGMUGNA, MAGPRINTA, MAGBALITA,
MAGPA-AMBIT UG MGA NABAG-0 O
PEKENG SERTIPIKO SA COUNSELING,
REGISTRATION, STICKERS UG UBAN
PANG DOKUMENTO)

3. Advertising, publishing, printing,

broadcasting or distributing, by
any means, any brochure, flyer, or
any propaganda material that
promotes trafficking; (ANG
MOSIBYA, MAGPAMANTALA,
MAGPA-IMPRENTA, MAGPADAYA UG
MAGPA-AMBIT SA MGA
BROCHURES, FLIERS UG UBAN
PANG MATERYALES PARA SA
PAGKAYLAP SA TRAPIKING, UBAN
NA ANG PAGGAMIT SA INTERNT UG
MODERNONG TEKNOLOHIYA SA
INPORMASYON)

4. Assisting in the conduct of

misrepresentation or fraud for
purposes of facilitating the
acquisition of clearances and exit
documents for the purpose of
promoting trafficking; (ANG
MUTABANG SA PAGPAKA-ARONINGNON O MOPEKE ARON MADALI
ANG PAGKUJA SA MGA
CLEARANCES O UBAN PANG
DOKUMENTO SA PAGGAWAS.

5. Facilitating, assisting or helping in the

exit and entry of persons from/to the
country at international or domestic
airports, territorial boundaries and
seaports who are in possession of
unissued, tampered or fraudulent
travel documents for the purpose of
promoting trafficking; (ANG
MOPADANLOG, MOPADALI O MAGHATAG UG
TABANG SA PAGGAWAS O PAGSULOD SA
NASUD NGA WALAY LEHITIMONG
DOKUMENTO.)

6. Confiscating, concealing, or
destroying the passport, travel
documents or belongings of
trafficked persons, or preventing
them from leaving the country or
seeking redress from the
government and appropriate
agencies; (ANG MOSAKMIT,
MOTAGO O MUDAOT SA PASAPORTE,
DOKUMENTO O GAMIT SA
PAGBIYAHE O MGA PERSONAL NA
DOKUMENTO O GAMIT SA
NABIKTIMA SA TRAPIKING)

7. Knowingly benefiting from, financial

or otherwise, or making use of, the
labor or services of a person held to
a condition of involuntary servitude,
forced labor or slavery. (ANG
MAGPAHIMULOS, PINANSYAL MAN O
UBANG PAMA-AGI O MOGAMIT SA
PAGPANARBAHO O SERBISYO SA
TAWO NGA NAHIKOT SA KONDISYON
NGA SUPAK KANIYA ANG
PAGPANGALAGAD, PAGPAMUGOS
NGA TRABAHO O PAGPANGULIPON.

QUALIFIED
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
1.KUNG ANG BIKTIMA BATA;
2. KUNG ANG PAGSAGOP BUHATON
ILALUM SA Inter-Country Adoption Act
of 1995 (Republic Act No. 8043) UG
ANG KATUYUAN SA PAGSAGOP ALANG
SA PROSTITUSYON, PORNOGRAPIYA,
SEKWAL NGA PANG-ABUSO, PAGULIPON, O PAGKAHIGUT SA UTANG.

3. KUNG KINI GIHIMO SA USA KA

SINDIKATO O DINAGKONG
PAMAAGI (LARGE SCALE).
MATWAG KINING SINDIKATO
KUNG KINI GIHIMO SA USA KA
GRUPO NA NAAY TULO O
SOBRA KA TAWO NGA
NAGKASABOT.
4. KUNG ANG NAKASAL USA KA
HAMTONG NGA PARIENTE,
GINIKANAN, IGSOON,
TINUGYANAN O USA KA
TAWONG MAY KAGAHUM SA
BIKTIMA O ANG NAKASALA
USA KA OPISYAL O
EMPLEYADO SA GOBYERNO.

5. KUNG ANG BIKTIMA, GI-REKRUT

PARA GAMITON SA
PROSTITUSYON ALANG SA MASKI
KINSANG KABAHIN SA MILITAR O
MGA AHENSYA NGA NATAHASANG
MAGPASUNOD SA BALAOD.
6. KUNG ANG NAKASALA USA KA
MIYEMBRO SA MILITAR O MGA
AHENSYA NG NATAHASAN
MAGPASUNOD SA BALAOD.
7. KUNG TUNGOD SA TRAPIKING,
NAMATAY ANG BIKTIMA,
NABUANG, NAA SA ILALUM SA
MUTILATION O NAGKASAKIT UG
HIV or AIDS.

ANG BALAOD DILI GAHATAG UG

PAMAAGI NGA MAKAPIYANSA
ANG ISA KA AKUSADO SA
TRAPIKING NGA
QUALIFIED. PASABOT
NON-BAILABLE OFFENSE
KINI. UG ADUNAY HANYO ANG
AKUSADO NGA MAKAPIYANSA
SA KORTE, KINAHANGLAN NGA
IPAKITA SA PISKALYA NGA
KUSOG ANG EBIDENSYA SA
KASO ARON MABABAGAN ANG
HANGYO SA AKUSADO NGA
MAKA-PIYANSA.

What is attempted trafficking?

Under R.A. 10364,ATTEMPTED TRAFFICKING IS ANY ACT
TO INITIATE THE COMMISSION OF A TRAFFICKING
OFFENSE BUT THE OFFENDER FAILED TO OR DID NOT
EXECUTE ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME DUE TO
ACCIDENT OR BY REASON OF SOME CAUSE OTHER THAN
VOLUNTARY DESISTANCE.
If the victim is a child, an act be considered attempted
trafficking if a person
facilitates the travel of a child without clearance from DSWD or
parental/legal consent;
executing affidavit of consent for adoption;
Recruiting a woman to bear a child; simulating a birth; or
soliciting a child and requiring custody through any means from
hospital, health centers and the like, all for the purpose of
selling the child.

What in an accomplice liability?

One of the new provisions inserted in this Act provides for the
liabilities of an accomplice in trafficking. Under this Act,AN
ACCOMPLICE IS ANYONE WHO KNOWINGLY AIDS, ABETS,
COOPERATES IN THE EXECUTION OF THE OFFENSE, whether by
previous or simultaneous acts, and shall be punished in accordance
with this law.
What is an accessory liability?
AnACCESSORY IS ANY PERSON THAT HAS THE KNOWLEDGE
OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIMEand without having
participated therein, takes part in the commission in any of the
following manners:
profiting themselves or assisting the offender to profit by the effects
of the crime;
by concealing or destroying the boy of the crime; and
by harboring, concealing or assisting in the escape of the principal
of the crime.
An accessory shall be liable to the penalties provided for in this Act.

WHO ARE CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS?

Any person, natural or judicial, who commits any

offense under RA9208 my be punished for trafficking
acts.
If the offender is a corporation, partnership,
association, club, establishment or any juridical
person, the penalty shall be imposed upon the owner,
president, partner, manager, and/or any responsible
officer who participated in the commission of the
crime, or who shall have knowingly permitted or
failed to prevent its commission.
If the offender is a foreigner, he or she shall be
immediately deported after serving his/her sentence
and barred from entering the country.

VIOLATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY
SEKSIYON 7 SA R.A NO. 9208, SA MATAG
YUGTO SA KASO GIKAN SA
IMBESTIGASYON HANGTUD SA
PAGPASAKA SA KASO SA KORTE,
GITAGAAG BILI SA BALAOD ANG
PAGTAGO SA IMPORMASYON.
IMPORMASYON BAHIN SA AKUSADO UG
NAG-AKUSAR NGA DI MAHIMONG MAPATIK
SA PAHAYAGAN, MAKITA SA TELEBISYON,
UG UBAN PANG PAMAAGI SA
IMPORMASYON.

VIOLATION OF CONFIDENTIALITY
Violation of Confidentiality under Sec. 7 of
R.A. 9208 is punishable by imprisonment of
six (6) years and a fine of not less than Five
Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) but
not more than One Million pesos
(P1,000,000.00).

WHO ARE CRIMINALLY LIABLE FOR

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS?

Any person, natural or judicial, who commits any

offense under RA9208 my be punished for
trafficking acts.
If the offender is a corporation, partnership,
association, club, establishment or any juridical
person, the penalty shall be imposed upon the
owner, president, partner, manager, and/or any
responsible officer who participated in the
commission of the crime, or who shall have
knowingly permitted or failed to prevent its
commission.
If offender is a foreigner, he or she shall be
deported after serving the sentence and barred
from entering the country.

UP TO WHEN CAN CASES FOR TRAFFICKING ACTS BE

FILED?

Cases for trafficking acts can be filed up to

ten(10) years after they are committed. If
trafficking is committed by a syndicate or on
a large scale, cases can be filed up to twenty
(20) years after the act. The so-called
prescriptive period is counted from the day
the trafficked person is delivered or released
from the conditions of bondage.
In the case of a child victim, the prescriptive
period starts from the day the child reaches
the age of majority.

SUMMARY OF PENALTIES FOR

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
(MGA KALAPASAN ANG
GINASILUTAN ILALUM SA R.A.
9208 UG UNSA KABUG-AT ANG
SILOT NIINI)

ACT

PENALTY

Acts of Trafficking

20 yrs of imprisonment and a fine of 1 million to 2

million pesos

Acts that Promote Trafficking/Accessory Liability

15 yrs of imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 to 1

million pesos

Qualified Trafficking

Life imprisonment and a fine of 2 million to 5 million

pesos

Attempted Trafficking

15 yrs imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 to 1 million

pesos

Accomplice Liability

15 yrs imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 to 1 million

pesos

Breach of Confidentiality Clause

6 yrs imprisonment and a fine of 500,000 to 1 million

pesos
(1) six years to 12 years imprisonment and a fine of
50,000 to 100,000 pesos

Use of Trafficked Persons

(2) Deportation if the offense is committed by a

foreigner

WHERE CAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES

BE FILED?
Trafficking cases be filed in places
where:
The offense was committed;
Any of its elements occurred; or
The trafficked person resides at the
time of the commission of the crime.

WHO CAN FILE CASES FOR TRAFFICKING IN

PERSONS?
The following may file a case/complaint
for trafficking:

1.The trafficked person;

2.The trafficked persons:

Parents
Spouse
Siblings
Children or
Legal guardian or

3. Anyone who has personal

knowledge of the crime

MAY VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN

PERSONS BE PUNISHED UNDER THE
LAW?

Trafficked persons shall be recognized as

victims of acts of trafficking and shall not be
penalized for crimes directly related to the
acts of trafficking or for obeying order of
traffickers. It doesnt matter of the trafficked
person consented to the intended
exploitation.