CIDG deploys tracker teams for POGO human trafficking case

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) deployed tracker teams nationwide on Thursday to serve arrest warrants against former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, Cassandra Ong, and others.

As of Friday morning, the tracker teams were pursuing 50 individuals covered by an arrest warrant issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 118 in Angeles City for human trafficking related to a POGO hub in Pampanga.

Roque has denied the accusations and is currently seeking asylum in The Netherlands, while Ong, believed to have left the country, was released from the Correctional Institution for Women after the House of Representatives concluded its probe into illegal POGOs last year.

The arrest warrants were issued by Regional Trial Court Branch 118, Angeles City on Thursday, and the CIDG is working with the Bureau of Immigration to locate Ong and considering coordinating with Interpol to find Roque.