Report identifies 19 manning agencies which illegaly recruit seamen
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has filed recruitment violation cases against 19 manning agencies found conducting illegal recruitment activities at the Luneta Seafarer’s Center in Ermita, Manila.
The POEA earlier said that all recruitment activities at Luneta were illegal without a special recruitment authority from the government agency.
POEA rules prohibit recruitment or manning agencies from recruiting seamen in places other than those specified on their licenses, unless authorized by the agency, POEA chief Hans Leo Cacdac said.
Cacdac said he ordered POEA’s Operations and Surveillance Division to assist the Anti-Transnational Crime Division of the PNP-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group in a special operation against illegal recruitment activities in the area.
A surveillance team composed of POEA-PNP personnel posed as applicants and inquired about available seafarer positions from representatives of several manning agencies who were at the Seafarer’s Center.
The team said the agency representatives handed them company brochures, business cards and flyers listing job openings.
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Source: POEA