MANILA:- A Philippine court on Thursday (Nov 20) found a former mayor guilty of qualified human trafficking and sentenced her to life imprisonment over her role in setting up a scam centre that victimised foreigners, as South-East Asian governments vow to fight transnational criminal syndicates.
A regional trial court issued the verdict against ex-Bamban town chief Alice Guo (pic), according to the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission. There was no immediate reaction from Guo and her lawyers.
