American ‘pedo’ intercepted at Clark
He was reportedly placed on the watchlist after BI prosecutors filed a deportation case against him for being an undesirable alien
Photograph Courtesy of BI/fb
Daily TribuneHe was reportedly placed on the watchlist after BI prosecutors filed a deportation case against him for being an undesirable alien
Photograph Courtesy of BI/fb
The Bureau of Immigration reported that its operatives at the Clark International Airport nabbed an American wanted in the United States for allegedly sexually abusing children in his country.
BI commissioner Norman Tansingco disclosed on Thursday that its BI Border Control and Intelligence Unit identified the suspect as Steven Daniel Griswold, who was intercepted last 9 December as he attempted to leave the country via a Cebu Pacific Airways flight bound for Tokyo, Japan.
BI-BCIU Deputy Operation chief Joseph Cueto said that Griswold was arrested after Immigration officers who encountered him confirmed that the American passenger name was on their watchlist of wanted foreign fugitives.
Griswold was immediately turned over and transferred to the BI warden facility in Camp Bagong Diwa, Taguig, pending the issuance of his summary deportation order by the BI's Board of Commissioners.
He was reportedly placed on the watchlist after BI prosecutors filed a deportation case against him for being an undesirable alien.
Reports given to the agency by US authorities revealed that Griswold is the subject of a warrant of arrest issued by a US district court in Oregon, where he was charged with sexual exploitation of children, attempted sexual exploitation of children and receiving child pornography.
Tansingco said Griswold will be placed on the immigration blacklist to prevent him from re-entering the Philippines after he is deported.
"He will be perpetually banned from entering the country, as foreign pedophiles like him do not deserve the privilege to stay here even for a second. They should be kicked out because they pose a serious threat to our children, anyone of whom could be his next victim," Tansingco said.