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<p>MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) on Wednesday said its officers stopped the departure of an alleged trafficking victim after they discovered her fake departure stamp at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 last October 11. </p><p>According to BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado, the 32-year-old female victim was supposed to board a flight to Vietnam. </p><p>“The victim arrived at the counter with her passport, which had a counterfeit departure stamp impressed on it, attempting to convince the officer that she had completed the immigration departure procedures. She initially claimed to be a solo tourist in Vietnam for leisure,” said Viado. </p><p>Immigration officers directed the victim for further inspection after observing the questionable departure stamp on her passport.</p><p>During the interview, the victim admitted her plan to go to Thailand after her stay in Vietnam. There, she intended to apply for an entry visa to Egypt after being lured by the promise of an easy approval process.</p><p>The victim disclosed that recruiters initially demanded P80,000 for a counterfeit stamp but she negotiated it down to P65,000.</p><p>The victim was turned over to the custody of the Inter-Agency Against Trafficking (IACAT) for assistance in filing cases against her recruiters.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/h9ZyJ1SFx-0?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>The victim admitted her plan to go to Thailand where she intended to apply for an entry visa to Egypt after being lured by the promise of an easy approval process.</p>

The victim admitted her plan to go to Thailand where she intended to apply for an entry visa to Egypt after being lured by the promise of an easy approval process.

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Woman intending to go to Egypt nabbed for fake departure stamp

Woman intending to go to Egypt nabbed for fake departure stamp

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