THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday said criminal charges have been filed against the American woman arrested at the airport for trying to smuggle a week-old baby out of the country.

Jennifer Erin Talbot was charged with violation of the Anti-trafficking in Persons Act of 2003, according to NBI spokesman Auralyn Pascual.





Talbot failed to show proper travel documents for the infant, presenting instead a notarized letter allegedly from the infant’s mother, Maricris Dulap, entrusting the baby to Talbot.

The notarized letter lacked the mother’s signature, said Manuel Dimaano, NBI International Airport Investigation Division chief.

Talbot was placed under the custody of the NBI. Charges were also filed against Dulap and a “John Doe,” the so-called father of the infant, for violation of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.

Talbot arrived in the country on August 21 and met with Dulap in Davao on August 28 while waiting for the baby to be born. She then took the baby to Manila for her flight to the US.