The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) and Globe/Touch
Mobile recently launched the short message service or SMS-based Action Line
1343 Against Human Trafficking.
The new service will respond to requests for assistance,
inquiries and referrals involving suspected human trafficking activities.
The CFO said that the text-based 1343 Action Line is also
deemed to fast-track the referral and follow-up of cases, efficiently direct
immediate assistance to human trafficking victims and disseminate information
on human trafficking through text messages.
Globe and Touch Mobile subscribers who want to know how to
access the service can text
<1343(space)HELP> or <help(space)1343> then send to 1343
free of charge.
"It is hoped that by making 1343 Action Line available
through texts, more cases of human trafficking will be reported and
resolved," the CFO said.
Meanwhile, the 1343 call-based Actionline against Human
Trafficking began operations in March 2011.
For 2012, a total of 7,762 calls were received from the
Action Line involving 198 actual cases with 130 victims, 19 of which were
minors.