Practice question
A complaint relies exclusively on anti-trafficking Section 26-A(c) for an ordinary foreign contract dispute involving a Filipino customer. No covered trafficking act or statutory continuing-offense setting is established. Which is best?
- Every dispute with a Filipino customer is trafficking
- The victim connection does not itself supply missing statutory offense and applicability conditions
- Citizenship converts all contracts into international crimes
- The provision creates jurisdiction over every possible wrong
- Only the amount claimed determines criminal jurisdiction
Legal references
- RA 10364 Section 23 inserting RA 9208 Section 26-A: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2013/ra_10364_2013.html; Section 26-A(a)-(c) and foreign-prosecution paragraph.
- Republic Act No. 11862, June 23, 2022, Section 17 amending RA 9208 Section 26-A: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/95641
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