R&B : you mean ..
www.philippines-addicts.com (you missed the S in Philippines .. )
But, not so local as this forum anyway ..
And PT2: yes, never offer a bribe .. as I learnt the tough way when I thought I can buy my way in Manila airport, when I was harassed by Customs .. there is nothing insulting as offering to 'settle' Customs officers, and out of town police people .. especially when the latter is there to score points in the number of victims rescued ..
As I understand, in this raid, the first time they were stupid to pick up foreigners, and I believe they were more shitting their pants when they realised the mistake, than the foreigners held .. !!!
Why worry too much anyway ?
The thing is, the foreigners only see not even 10% of the flesh trade in Philippines .. the majority of the market, catering to the locals, including those massive racket for call center girls and all .. are beyond the foreigners' reach, and sort of "NOT DONE" thing, like the casas .. where girls get screwed for 500 peso .. and ... more than once, I have heard horror stories of real human trafficking victims, where the family sells the girls
I took one visit to a Casa, in Manila, and I am not ashamed to say I was terrified and wanted to get out .. and if I had the chance, I would have done what happens in the movies, burn the place down - forget the collateral damage .. it was like a dorm and about a dozen girls, and the mummy walked them out .. and they were like absolute toys .. and I could bet that most, if not all, where loaded in Shabu .. scary ..
And the trafficker hold them in dumps, and sometime base them on trawlers, and use them to service the off-shore fishing boats, and the girls don't even see sunlight ..unlike the AC girls, and a lot of FL who come to Singapore, who are on their own will and know the score before signing up .. and then decide to enlist for full time ..
Ah, sorry, such horrible and inhuman tragedy can't exist, when the foreigners are the bad people, and the natives are always do-gooders ..
sorry for the rant .