SECTION 4: Acts of Trafficking in Persons

Core trafficking crimes (20 years imprisonment + ₱1-2M fine):

• (a) Recruiting/harboring persons for prostitution, pornography, sexual exploitation, CSAEM/CSAM production, forced labor, slavery, debt bondage
• (b) Introducing/matching persons for marriage leading to exploitation
• (c) Contracting fake marriages for exploitation purposes
• (d) Organizing sex tourism
• (e) Maintaining persons in prostitution/pornography
• (f) Adoption for exploitative purposes
• (g) Facilitating illegal adoptions/child laundering
• (h) Trafficking for organ removal/sale
• (i) Recruiting children for armed conflict
• (j) Forced labor/slavery/debt bondage schemes
• (k) Child trafficking and exploitation
• (l) Organizing/financing trafficking operations
• (m) Deploying children abroad as migrant workers (for oversears domestic workers, a child is any person younger than 24 years old)

SECTION 4-A: Attempted Trafficking in Persons

Attempted trafficking crimes (15 years imprisonment + ₱500K-1M fine):

• (a) Facilitating solo child travel without proper permits
• (b) Executing paid adoption consent
• (c) Recruiting women to bear children for sale
• (d) Simulating births for child sale
• (e) Acquiring children from institutions for sale

SECTION 4-B: Accomplice Liability

Accomplice crimes (15 years imprisonment + ₱500K-1M fine):

• Knowingly aiding/abetting trafficking operations

SECTION 4-C: Accessories

Accessory crimes (penalties per Section 10(d)):

• (a) Profiting from trafficking proceeds
• (b) Concealing/destroying evidence
• (c) Harboring/assisting escape of traffickers

SECTION 5: Acts that Promote Trafficking in Persons

Promotion/facilitation crimes (15 years imprisonment + ₱500K-1M fine):

• (a) Allowing premises/vehicles/systems for trafficking
• (b) Producing/distributing fake travel documents
• (c) Advertising trafficking services
• (d) Assisting in document fraud
• (e) Facilitating illegal border crossings
• (f) Confiscating victim documents
• (g) Benefiting from forced labor
• (h) Tampering with evidence/influencing witnesses
• (i) Restricting victim movement via document control
• (j) Using official position to impede investigations
• (k) Internet intermediaries allowing trafficking use
• (l) Internet cafes allowing trafficking activities
• (m) Financial institutions facilitating trafficking
• (n) Facilitating entry of convicted sex offenders
• (o) Arranging encounters between sex offenders and children

SECTION 6: Qualified Trafficking in Persons

Aggravated trafficking relating to SECTION 4 (Life imprisonment + ₱2-5M fine):

• When victim is a child
• When adoption involves inter-country adoption laws
• When committed by syndicate/large scale
• When offender is family member/authority figure/public official
• When using fraudulent travel documents
• When offender is military/law enforcement
• When victim dies/becomes insane/suffers mutilation/contracts HIV/AIDS
• When committed over 60+ days
• When offender directs victim actions
• When committed during crisis/disaster/pandemic
• When victim is indigenous/religious minority/PWD
• When crime results in pregnancy
• When victim suffers mental/emotional disorder
• When committed using ICT/computer systems

SECTION 7: Confidentiality Violations

Privacy violations (6 years imprisonment + ₱500K-1M fine):

• Unlawful disclosure of trafficking victim identity by media/officials

SECTION 8: Investigation and Prosecution Violations

Procedural violations (6 years imprisonment + ₱500K-1M fine):

• (b) Violations of interception procedures
• (d) Violations of evidence custody rules
• (g) Unauthorized copying/destroying of surveillance materials

SECTION 9: Private Sector Duty Violations

Corporate/business violations (₱2-5M fine for first offense, ₱2-10M + license revocation for repeat):

• Internet intermediaries failing to block/report trafficking content
• Businesses failing to report suspected trafficking
• Tourism enterprises not implementing anti-trafficking measures
• Financial institutions not reporting suspicious transactions
• Hotels/accommodations not reporting trafficking activities

SECTION 11: Use of Trafficked Persons

Client/customer crimes:

• Basic offense: 6-12 years imprisonment + ₱50K-100K fine
• With child victim: 17-40 years imprisonment + ₱500K-1M fine
• Aggravated (force/unconscious victim/under 12): 40 years imprisonment (no parole) + ₱1-5M fine
• Deportation for foreign offenders
• Dismissal for public officials

Additional Penalties Across Sections:

• Automatic license revocation for recruitment agencies
• Permanent deportation for foreign offenders
• Dismissal from service for government officials
• Perpetual disqualification from public office
• Forfeiture of retirement benefits
• Confiscation of proceeds and properties