"(h) To recruit, hire, adopt, transport, transfer, obtain, harbor, maintain, provide,
offer, receive or abduct a person, by means of threat or use of force, fraud,
deceit, violence, coercion, or intimidation for the purpose of removal or sale of
organs of said person;
"(i) To recruit, transport, obtain, transfer, harbor, maintain, offer, hire, provide,
receive or adopt a child to engage in armed activities in the Philippines or
abroad;
"(j) To recruit, transport, transfer, harbor, obtain, maintain, offer, hire, provide or
receive a person by means defined in Section 3 of this Act for purposes of
forced labor, slavery, debt bondage and involuntary servitude, including a
scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause the person either:
"(1) To believe that if the person did not perform such labor or services,
he or she or another person would suffer serious harm or physical
restraint; or
"(2) To abuse or threaten the use of law or the legal processes; and
"(k) To recruit, transport, harbor, obtain, transfer, maintain, hire, offer, provide,
adopt or receive a child for purposes of exploitation or trading them, including
but not limited to, the act of baring and/or selling a child for any consideration or
for barter for purposes of exploitation. Trafficking for purposes of exploitation of
children shall include:
"(1) All forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, involuntary
servitude, debt bondage and forced labor, including recruitment of
children for use in armed conflict;
"(2) The use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, for the
production of pornography, or for pornographic performances;
"(3) The use, procuring or offering of a child for the production and
trafficking of drugs; and
"(4) The use, procuring or offering of a child for illegal activities or work
which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is
likely to harm their health, safety or morals; and
"(l) To organize or direct other persons to commit the offenses defined as acts of
trafficking under this Act."
Section 5. A new Section 4-A is hereby inserted in Republic Act No. 9208, to read as follows:
"SEC. 4-A. Attempted Trafficking in Persons. – Where there are acts to initiate the
commission of a trafficking offense but the offender failed to or did not execute all the
elements of the crime, by accident or by reason of some cause other than voluntary
desistance, such overt acts shall be deemed as an attempt to commit an act of