The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) slapped a Quezon City father of a human trafficking charge after he was arrested in the act of selling his 11-month- old baby for P55,000.
Charged before the Quezon City Prosecutor's Office was Kenneth Crisologo who was arrested last Sept. 3 during an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the NBI's Special Task Force (NBI-STF).
The NBI said "the case stemmed from an information received by the NBI-STF that Subject Crisologo is engaged in selling his own child online.”
“NBI-STF operatives were able to engage with Subject Crisologo, who confirmed that Subject was indeed selling a baby in exchange for P55,000,” it said.
“With this development, NBI Director Jaime B. Santiago instructed the operatives of NBI-STF to conduct an entrapment operation to arrest the Subject,” it added.
The entrapment operation was conducted in barangay (village) Pag-asa, Quezon City that “resulted in the arrest of Subject Crisologo in the act of selling his 11-month old child.”
After Crisologo's arrest, the NBI said the child was turned over to the Social Services Development Department of the Quezon City.