Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo wants victims of human trafficking included among the beneficiaries of the government’s Victim Compensation Fund. | santostinaINQ /PDI
The VCF was established by Republic Act No. 7309, also called the Law Creating the Board of Claims. The board, which is the fund’s administrator, is under the DOJ.
Its funds, he said, are generated from docket fees collected with every new case filed in the courts. “This hopefully will finally put a stop to the vicious cycle of victimization caused by economic hardships,” Gesmundo said further, as he explained that with the increase in the VCF, trafficking victims “will be less prone to the temptation of monetary settlements” with the syndicates.
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