Practice question
Three persons conspire to commit a completed section 4(b) social engineering scheme against one account owner. One conspirator was trafficked and establishes by clear and convincing evidence that her acts directly resulted from being trafficked. There is no prior trafficking conviction. Which is correct?
- Economic sabotage is impossible with only one victim, and trafficking is always irrelevant
- The group circumstance can qualify the scheme as economic sabotage; section 20’s trafficking defense does not require a prior trafficking conviction
- Every conspirator is automatically immune because one was trafficked
- The trafficking defense is unavailable unless a recruiter was first convicted under RA 9208
- The group must contain at least ten conspirators for section 4(c) to apply
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2024/ra_12010_2024.html — RA 12010, sections 3–5 and 16–21, definitions, offenses, penalties, civil consequences, trafficking defense and jurisdiction.
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