NBI nabs 17 persons in Isabela porn hub

By Vince Jacob A. Visaya

SANTIAGO CITY, Isabela -- A business process outsourcing operator and 16 of his alleged cohorts and workers were arrested on July 24 after they were caught operating a suspected illegal cybersex porn hub for foreign clients.

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said I-Link Business Processing Outsourcing Services business owner John Leonard Deniega Llena and his other workers would be indicted for cybercrime and human trafficking because they were luring foreign clients with sex videos and photographs in exchange for money paid via online at their office in Calao West in this city.

National Bureau of Investigation-Isabela office chief Timoteo Rejano told local media morning that of July 25 they were on the lookout for Llena’s cohorts, Wilbert Tolentino and Warly Garcia.

The “cyberporn hub,” which goes under the Warlink Network Group (WNG), was uncovered based on a complaint by a girl, who allegedly worked for them and did not get paid.

The complainant said she and the other girls did not get paid salaries unless they could get payments from foreigners for their online sex services.

NBI agents conducted the arrest with representatives of the Regional Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking, Department of Social Welfare and Development and Department of Labor and Employment.