"(a) The number of cases of trafficking in persons, sorted according to status of
cases, including the number of cases being investigated, submitted for
prosecution, dropped, and filed and/or pending before the courts and the
number of convictions and acquittals;
"(b) The profile/information on each case;
"(c) The number of victims of trafficking in persons referred to the agency by
destination countries/areas and by area of origin; and
"(d) Disaggregated data on trafficking victims and the accused/defendants."
Section 17. Section 17 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SEC. 17. Legal Protection to Trafficked Persons. – Trafficked persons shall be
recognized as victims of the act or acts of trafficking and as such, shall not be penalized
for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of, or as an incident or in relation to, being
trafficked based on the acts of trafficking enumerated in this Act or in obedience to the
order made by the trafficker in relation thereto. In this regard, the consent of a trafficked
person to the intended exploitation set forth in this Act shall be irrelevant.
"Victims of trafficking for purposes of prostitution as defined under Section 4 of this Act
are not covered by Article 202 of the Revised Penal Code and as such, shall not be
prosecuted, fined, or otherwise penalized under the said law."
Section 18. A new Section 17-A is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:
"SEC. 17-A. Temporary Custody of Trafficked Victims. – The rescue of victims should
be done as much as possible with the assistance of the DSWD or an accredited NGO
that services trafficked victims. A law enforcement officer, on a reasonable suspicion
that a person is a victim of any offense defined under this Act including attempted
trafficking, shall immediately place that person in the temporary custody of the local
social welfare and development office, or any accredited or licensed shelter institution
devoted to protecting trafficked persons after the rescue."
Section 19. A new Section 17-B is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:
"SEC. 17-B. Irrelevance of Past Sexual Behavior, Opinion Thereof or Reputation of
Victims and of Consent of Victims in Cases of Deception, Coercion and Other
Prohibited Means. – The past sexual behavior or the sexual predisposition of a
trafficked person shall be considered inadmissible in evidence for the purpose of
proving consent of the victim to engage in sexual behavior, or to prove the
predisposition, sexual or otherwise, of a trafficked person. Furthermore, the consent of
a victim of trafficking to the intended exploitation shall be irrelevant where any of the
means set forth in Section 3(a) of this Act has been used."
Section 20. A new Section 17-C is hereby inserted into Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:
"SEC. 17-C. Immunity from Suit, Prohibited Acts and Injunctive Remedies. – No action
or suit shall be brought, instituted or maintained in any court or tribunal or before any
other authority against any: (a) law enforcement officer; (b) social worker; or (c) person