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2. Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act - Wikipedia

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   Status: Repealed. The Anti Mail-Order Spouse Act, officially designated as Republic Act 10906, is a Philippine law that prohibits the business of organizing or facilitating marriages between Filipinas, colloquially called "mail-order brides", and foreign men. It replaced a 1990 law, the Anti Mail-Order Bride Law, enacted by the Congress of the ...

3. Mail-order bride - Wikipedia

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   A mail-order bride is a woman who lists herself in catalogs and is selected by a man for marriage. In the twentieth century, the trend primarily involved women living in developing countries seeking men from more developed nations. Men who list themselves in such publications are referred to as "mail-order husbands", although this is much less ...

4. Human trafficking in the Philippines - Wikipedia

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   The Philippines Government first outlawed bride agencies in 1990 after being alarmed at reports of widespread abuse of Philippine women in other countries. [65] There have been 5,000 Filipina mail order brides entering the United States every year since 1986, a total of 55,000 as of 1997. [66]

5. Cherry Blossoms (marriage agency) - Wikipedia

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   Cherry Blossoms (marriage agency) Cherry Blossoms is the oldest and one of the largest international social networking companies. It was established in 1974 as a catalog specializing in women from Asia. The agency printed catalogs of "personals" listings, selling addresses to customers who were then able to correspond directly with the women.

6. Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 - Wikipedia

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   The Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, officially designated as Republic Act No. 9208, is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2444 and House Bill No. 4432.It was enacted and passed by Congress of the Philippines' Senate of the Philippines and House of Representatives of the Philippines (12th Congress of the Philippines, 2001–2004) assembled on May 12, 2003, and signed into law (List of ...

7. Bride scam - Wikipedia

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   A bride scam is a form of romance scam - a confidence trick that aims to defraud potential grooms with the offer of a foreign bride. The basis of the confidence trick is to seek men from the western world who would like to marry a foreign woman and pretend to be willing to marry them. The woman (scammer) asks the man to send money, for example ...