Italy: Philippines Govt. investigating two Filipino owned recruitment agencies over fraudulent & illegal recruitment
Résumé
Date indiquée: 5 Oct 2023
Lieu: Italie
Entreprises
Golden Power (recruitment agency) - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Enjeux
Frais de recrutementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: As of October 2023 the Department of Migrant Workers had formed a fact-finding team into the alleged "massive illegal recruitment".
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 5 Oct 2023
Lieu: Philippines
Entreprises
Alpha Assistenza - RecruiterConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 48
Travailleurs migrants et immigrés: ( Chiffre inconnu - Philippines - Secteur inconnu , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Frais de recrutementRéponse
Response sought: Non
Mesures prises: As of October 2023 the Department of Migrant Workers had formed a fact-finding team into the alleged "massive illegal recruitment". In November, The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed criminal charges against the firm. In February 2024 the firm was found "guilty of conducting illegal recruitment activities in the Philippines".
Type de source: News outlet
"DMW team off to Italy for probe, case build-up vs 2 Pinoy-owned firms linked to illegal recruitment,"
The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has formed a fact-finding team that will augment the ongoing investigation into the alleged massive illegal recruitment of Filipinos for fake jobs in Italy.
DMW officer-in-charge Hans Leo Cacdac said the high-level fact-finding team will focus their investigation on Milan-based Golden Power SRLS, which he said, is owned and staffed by Filipinos.
“The information gathered by the fact-finding team will bolster the case build-up against Golden Power for their illegal recruitment activities,” said Cacdac.
The initial information was provided by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who were allegedly victimized by the recruitment firm.
Based on the information relayed by the OFWs, they were promised work in Italy in exchange for paying placement fees ranging from €1,500 to as much as €4,000 Euros (P90,000 to P240,000).
Cacdac said the fact-finding team will also support an investigation being conducted by the Philippine Consulate General in Milan (PCG-Milan) on similar complaints raised against yet another Filipino-owned company in Milan, Alpha Assistenza.
Citing initial information, Cacdac said the company charged processing fees ranging from €2,000 to €3,500 Euros (about P120,000 to P210,000 pesos) from their victims whose relatives in the Philippines were promised non-existent jobs in Italy...