Malacañang on Saturday vowed to strengthen efforts to combat human trafficking after the country retained its Tier 2 status in the United States’s annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

In a radio interview, Valte noted the efforts of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking headed by the Department of Justice to keep the country’s Tier 2 status, such as the appointment of more prosecutors to handle trafficking cases.

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