CEDAW/C/SR.1405 available in the centre to support the victims, and police officers could interview them there rather than at a police station. 55. Since 2005, 230 cases of human trafficking had resulted in the conviction of a total of 263 people, including 6 foreign nationals and 4 public officials. A further 7 criminal and 17 administrative cases against public officials were ongoing. The penalties applied were increased when the accused was a public official. 56. While there had been no cases of human trafficking where the victims were persons with disabilities, there had been one case involving a deaf witness, who had been provided with a sign language interpreter. 57. Mr. Larga (Philippines) said that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration was the primary body for regulating recruitment agencies and protecting migrant workers. The Administration had run community and local government campaigns to prevent human trafficking and had recently introduced a mandatory pre-departure orientation seminar for first-time migrant workers traveling abroad for employment, which included a module on human trafficking and how to avoid becoming a victim of the practice. Through a data-sharing programme with the Bureau of Immigration, the names of migrant workers presenting travel documents at an airport could be checked against the database of the Administration: if workers were not found in the list of persons whose papers had been processed by the Administration, they were referred back to the Administration, and the recruitment agency involved was investigated and could potentially lose its operating licence as a result. Advertisements and public service announcements aiming to prevent human trafficking had also been aired on television and radio channels and shown at cinemas. 58. Ms. Villar (Philippines) said that the referral system on the recovery and reintegration of trafficked persons aimed to strengthen the network of referral agencies and establish a framework of interventions and services for victims of trafficking, while the referral system on violence against women and children aimed to provide an integrated and coordinated community response to ensure the safety of victims of violence against women and the accountability of the perpetrators. 59. The Government had opened rape crisis centres in two pilot regions: the centres provided access to doctors, police officers, prosecutors and social workers and provided a comprehensive programme for the recovery and reintegration of victims of rape. As a result of the pilot, an operating manual was now available for use in the creation of more centres in other regions. 60. Another Government initiative was the establishment of women-friendly spaces in evacuation centres, which aimed to address the practical and strategic needs of women during crisis situations. Such spaces had been set up in partnership with local government units, civil society organizations and the United Nations Population Fund to provide systematic gender-responsive service delivery to protect internally displaced women from violence and abuse. 61. Around the country, 11 centres for girls aged under 18 provided protection, treatment and rehabilitation for victims of abuse or exploitation, while 9 centres for women aged 18-59 provided temporary shelter and protective custody to victims of physical or sexual abuse, forced prostitution and armed conflict. The centres provided a range of services, including health and nutrition, skills training and legal assistance. The Government hoped to establish more such centres in other regions in due course. 62. The Department of Social Welfare and Development had implemented a programme to ensure the delivery of adequate recovery and reintegration services for victims of human trafficking. The programme employed a multisectoral approach to meeting the social, GE.16-11608 11