The Department of Migrant Workers welcomed the recent ruling of the Supreme Court of the Philippines affirming the conviction of Natalie Caluducan for large-scale illegal recruitment involving economic sabotage.

The High Court upheld earlier decisions by the Regional Trial Court in Aparri, Cagayan and the Court of Appeals, which found Caluducan guilty beyond reasonable doubt for illegally recruiting at least three victims for supposed “worm picker” jobs in Canada despite lacking authority from the former Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.