Section 9Sec./Art. 9

Section 6 of Republic Act No. 9208 is hereby amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 6. Qualified Trafficking in Persons. Violations of Section 4 of this Act shall be considered as qualified trafficking:

"x x x

"(d) When the offender is a spouse, an ascendant, parent, sibling, guardian or a person who exercises authority over the trafficked person or when the offense is committed by a public officer or employee;

"x x x

"(f) When the offender is a member of the military or law enforcement agencies;

"(g) When by reason or on occasion of the act of trafficking in persons, the offended party dies, becomes insane, suffers mutilation or is afflicted with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS);

"(h) When the offender commits one or more violations of Section 4 over a period of sixty (60) or more days, whether those days are continuous or not; and

"(i) When the offender directs or through another manages the trafficking victim in carrying out the exploitative purpose of trafficking."