The Bureau of Immigration (BI)  expressed appreciation over the decision of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to file criminal charges against a female immigration officer who allegedly facilitated the flight of trafficked victims to Cambodia. BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said the NBI filed anti-trafficking, illegal recruitment and graft and corruption charges against the accused who was not  named. Tansingco stated that the said immigration officer processed the departure last January of six suspected trafficking victims at the Clark International Airport to work in a cryptocurrency scam outfit in Cambodia, but the attempt was foiled by her colleagues. He said the same immigration officer also facilitated the departure of three other victims who hurriedly returned to Manila last February 20 from Cambodia. The repatriated victims claimed their employer subjected them to mental and physical torture for failure to recruit investors to the cryptocurrency scam. Tansingco said he ordered the immediate grounding of the lady immigration officer and referred the case to the Department of Justice that eventually led to the filing of the criminal complaints. “We welcome this latest development and we hope this serves as a warning against any government employee not to associate themselves with traffickers and illegal recruiters," he said.