6/9/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly (b) Illegal recruitment when committed by a syndicate or in large scale shall be considered an offense involving economic sabotage and shall be penalized in accordance with Article 39 hereof. Illegal recruitment is deemed committed by a syndicate if carried out by a group of three (3) or more persons conspiring and/or confederating with one another in carrying out any unlawful or illegal transaction, enterprise or scheme, defined under the first paragraph hereof. Illegal recruitment is deemed committed against three (3) or more persons individually or as a group. x x x" [2] Decision dated November 29, 1991, p. 1; Rollo, p. 14. [3] Witnesses paid a total of P22,500.00 each with the exception of BENITO BERNABE who paid P28,500.00. [4] Supra, note 2, pp. 5-6; Rollo, pp. 18-19. [5] Id. at pp. 7-8; Rollo, pp. 20-21. [6] Appellant's Brief, p. 9. [7] People vs. Bodozo, 215 SCRA 33, 40. [8] Records, pp. 77-B and 79. [9] Appellant's Reply Brief, March 30, 1995, p. 3. [10] TSN, Hearing on June 6, 1990, pp. 1-2. [11] Supra, note 9, p. 4. Francisco, The Revised Rules of Court in the Philippines (1990), Vol. VII, p. 101 citing Tracy, Handbook on Evidence, pp. 16-17. [12] TSN, supra note 10. [13] Id. [14] 9 Phil. 701. [15] Id. at p. 101. [16] U.S. vs. Pobre, 11 Phil. 51, 51-52. [17] 11 Phil. 547. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/33888 11/13