Two more individuals have filed charges of qualified human trafficking and serious illegal detention against London-based Italian national Adel En Nouri and five respondents.
The complaints, filed before the Lipa City Prosecutor’s Office on October 20, alleged that the suspects recruited the complainants for overseas work but then forced them into online sex shows for foreign clients.
In addition to En Nouri, the other respondents named in the complaint are Filipino nationals, along with foreign nationals Fatima Arfaoui, Yuness En Nouri and Mohammed En Nouri.
The offenses cited are qualified trafficking in persons, illegal recruitment and serious illegal detention, all allegedly committed between January 2025 and February 2025 in Lipa City, Batangas.
The complainants, who were working as sales associates in a mall in Batangas, recounted that they were approached by the two Filipino respondents on January 10. The pair introduced themselves as recruiters for a placement agency.
According to the complaint, they claimed the agency was legitimate and was sending sales associates to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with a high salary and free accommodation.
The agency demanded a total placement fee of P80,000 each. The complainants made an initial payment of P10,000 each on Jan. 14, 2025, handing the money to the Filipino respondents.
On January 20, En Nouri instructed them to work at the office as “Virtual Assistants” while awaiting deployment, to help cover the remaining placement fee balance. The complainants then started doing video calls for their customers.
While these started as simple conversations, the complainants were later instructed to flirt and show lewd acts. They were promised P5,000 per video session.
However, the money was never given to them, as the recruiters claimed they would save it to cover the placement fee.
A few days later, the foreign clients began requesting indecent photos and videos. When the complainants refused, the Filipino recruiters allegedly threatened them. They were told they would forfeit their paid placement fee and any earnings and would not be allowed to leave.
The recruiters also threatened to humiliate and circulate their photos, blackmailing them with the threat of posting nude photos and videos online.
Due to this coercion, the two complainants were forced to undress and have sex in front of the camera while being watched by foreign customers for ten days.
The complainants claimed they “endured severe verbal abuse, including verbal assault and exploitation.” They also alleged they were denied sleep or rest until the video calls with the foreigners were completed.
The two managed to escape in February 2025, when their guards were distracted and their recruiters were not in the Lipa City office, allowing them to secretly leave and immediately seek help from their family to report to the authorities.
Using the same scheme, three Filipinos in September also filed a complaint against En Nouri before the Department of Justice.
The complaints include qualified trafficking in persons under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003.