During the pandemic, there was an increase in online exploitation of women and children. When international travel resumed, the number of RSOs rose, which could show that the exploitation is being continued
An American pedophile found guilty of sexually abusing a kid in the US 13 years ago was barred by the Bureau of Immigration officer at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport from entering the country.
According to BI-NAIA officials, 55-year-old Francisco Narvios Tecson was intercepted on Wednesday afternoon upon his arrival at the NAIA terminal 1 via an Eva Air flight from Taiwan.
BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said that Tecson, like all other aliens previously convicted of sex crimes or a registered sex offender, was excluded at the airport.
"Thus, he is an excludable foreign passenger for being convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude as provided in our Philippine immigration act," the BI chief added.
According to the bureau, Tecson was found guilty of having indecent contact with an eight-year-old female child in 2010 in Texas, USA.
After receiving information from the Philippine Center on Transnational Crime that he intended to visit the country, Commissioner Tansingco issued an order informing BI officers at all ports of entry of his potential arrival.
The Bureau added that upon his arrival, immigration officers at the frontline saw his records, which prompted them to immediately exclude the suspect.
Meanwhile, on the same date, another American RSO arrived in the country from Taiwan, identified as Dale Lloyd Bayless, 65 years old.
Public records show that Bayless was convicted in 1990 of sodomy for an offence committed in 1989 against a 9-year-old female victim in Neosho, Missouri.
Tecson and Bayless are only two of the more than 150 foreign RSOs who have been refused entry at the airports since January.
The bulk of the RSOs were intercepted at the NAIA, while a few were excluded at the airports in Mactan, Cebu and Clark, Pampanga.
The BI Chief also said that the increase in the number of RSOs attempting to enter the country is cause for concern.
"During the pandemic, there was an increase in online exploitation of women and children. When international travel resumed, the number of RSOs rose, which could show that the exploitation is being continued," he added.
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