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Philippine authorities raise alarm: Human trafficking towards Albania

2025-07-01 18:23:24Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Philippine authorities raise alarm: Human trafficking towards Albania
Ninoy Aquino International Airport

Alarm bells are ringing as Philippine authorities uncover a growing trend of human trafficking targeting Filipino citizens and directing them towards illegal employment in Albania.

The Philippine Bureau of Immigration (BI) over the weekend apprehended three Filipino passengers – aged 23, 25, and 39 – at Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The trio was scheduled to depart for Malaysia via a Cebu Pacific flight, the first leg of a journey that would allegedly lead to undocumented work in Southeast Europe.

Initially presenting themselves as tourists, the passengers later confessed that they had been recruited online for work in Albania.

They were promised employment as factory workers, waiters, and cleaning assistants, with monthly salaries ranging from 500 to 700 euros.

However, their so-called recruiters, who had communicated with them via Facebook Messenger, disappeared after receiving the payments – ranging from 34,000 to 74,000 pesos from each victim.

One victim had only a photocopy of a supposed Albanian work visa with him and was instructed to arrange further travel from Malaysia on his own.

“This is a gross abuse of the dreams and despair of our people,” said BI Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado. “These victims were cheated out of their hard-earned money and almost thrown into precarious and undocumented employment abroad. We will not allow this cycle to continue.”

The BI, which oversees border security and regulates the movement of foreign nationals and Filipino citizens in and out of the country, has observed a noticeable increase in trafficking attempts involving Albania.

This latest incident is not isolated, authorities warned, and appears to be part of a larger trafficking network that exploits social media to deceive Filipinos.

The agency has coordinated with the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to further investigate and track down the perpetrators behind these operations.

“We are now seeing a significant increase in illegal departures to Albania,” Viado noted. “These are not isolated cases. We have informed IACAT so that we can pursue the recruiters behind this scheme.”


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