| Filipinos who are dreaming of getting a job overseas | | | | Earlier, the Task Force Against Illegal Recruitment |
| should be careful of recruiters who are operating | | | | (Tfair) named the suspected illegal recruiters with the |
| even if their licenses have been canceled or | | | | most number of pending warrants of arrest.at least |
| suspended by the Philippine Overseas Employment | | | | 276 Filipinos have a total of more than 20,000 |
| Agency - POEA. | | | | unserved warrants of arrest for large-scale illegal |
| "The (POEA) advises the public to be wary of | | | | recruitment according to Senior Superintendent |
| recruitment agencies with canceled or suspended | | | | Gilbert Sosa, Tfair operations chief. 68 of the 276 |
| licenses that are still actively recruiting for overseas | | | | suspects have double digit warrants of arrests. |
| jobs," contained in an advisory published by the | | | | Based on statistics supplied by the non-government |
| POEA. | | | | organization Initiatives for Dialogue and |
| The POEA has canceled the licenses of 451 | | | | Empowerment through Alternative Legal Services |
| recruitment agencies and placed 44 others under | | | | (Ideals), there were 1,662 confirmed victims of illegal |
| preventive suspension. This includes 74 operating | | | | recruitment from January to November 2008, an |
| licenses suspended and fined 22 agencies due to | | | | increase of four percent from 1,539 during the same |
| recruitment violations. | | | | period in 2007. |
| To verify the status of a certain agency, you may | | | | Verify the status of your recruiter, recruitment or |
| visit and check the name of the recruiter or | | | | manpower agency before applying for a job. Visit |
| recruitment agency against the latest listings of the | | | | and make sure you don’t become a victim of |
| POEA. You can also call the POEA Taskforce Against | | | | illegal recruitment. |
| Illegal Recruitment or TFAIR. | | | | |