{"id":178031,"date":"2018-08-22T04:48:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T08:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=178031"},"modified":"2018-08-22T04:48:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T08:48:30","slug":"german-illegal-recruiter-4-pinays-stopped-clark-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/22\/german-illegal-recruiter-4-pinays-stopped-clark-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"German \u2018illegal recruiter,\u2019 4 Pinays stopped at Clark airport"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI OIC Deputy Commissioner Marc Red Mari\u00f1as identified the suspect as 72-year-old Herbert Joseph Vogt, who was intercepted Monday at the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Angeles City, Pampanga. (Photo: Bureau of Immigration, Republic of the Philippines\/ Facebook)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Bureau of Immigration (BI) announced the arrest of a German national, who attempted to spirit out of the country four Filipino women hired to work as caregivers in Germany.<\/p>\n

In a report to Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente, BI OIC Deputy Commissioner Marc Red Mari\u00f1as identified the suspect as 72-year-old Herbert Joseph Vogt, who was intercepted Monday at the Clark International Airport (CIA) in Angeles City, Pampanga.<\/p>\n

Vogt was arrested as he and his four victims attempted to board a flight of the Qatar Airways flight bound for Doha en route to their final destination in Germany.<\/p>\n

Mari\u00f1as recounted that the four victims aroused the suspicion of the immigration officer when they initially claimed to be traveling in sets of two, and denied knowing each other.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe victims later admitted during questioning that they were hired to work as caregivers at a nursing home in Germany,\u201d Mari\u00f1as said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were made to lie about the circumstances of their travel,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mari\u00f1as likewise reported that the victims studied the German language at a popular university in Manila, and they confessed that Vogt helped them process their application for said work.<\/p>\n

The victims, whose names were not divulged as the anti-trafficking law forbids it, also admitted that Vogt was their German language professor at the said university.<\/p>\n

Vogt was turned over to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), where he is detained pending the filing of illegal recruitment and human trafficking charges before the court.<\/p>\n

The four victims were immediately referred to the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) for assistance and further investigation.<\/p>\n

Morente instructed BI personnel in the different international airports to be on the lookout for victims who might attempt to leave the country using a similar scheme.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been receiving reports from the POEA [Philippine Overseas Employment Administration] that many caregivers were recruited for deployment to Germany without securing the proper work permits, guised as trainees,\u201d the BI chief said.<\/p>\n

He warned that aspiring overseas Filipino workers \u201cmust only trust accredited recruitment agencies, and must ensure that they have the proper documentation from the POEA\u201d.<\/p>\n

It was reported earlier that Germany needs are at least 35,000 caregivers to care for its growing elderly population and the sick throughout the country.<\/p>\n

Officials in Berlin have described the shortage of caregivers as a deepening crisis that necessitated urgent government attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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