🔴 Philippines plans NBI attaches in Middle East to help OFWs fight cyber fraud

The Philippines is preparing to deploy National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) personnel to Philippine diplomatic posts overseas, with the Middle East among the first regions being considered, in a move aimed at providing faster assistance to overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) facing cyber fraud and other crimes.

NBI director Melvin Matibag told a Senate budget hearing on September 24 that the bureau is working with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on a framework that could see NBI attaches stationed at Philippine embassies and other diplomatic missions in countries with large Filipino communities.