Manila, Aug. 25 -- Migrant Workers Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac has warned Filipinos seeking jobs in New Zealand to verify recruitment agencies and job offers to avoid falling victim to illegal recruiters.

At an interview during the Philippines-New Zealand Friendship Week celebration in Mandaluyong City on Tuesday, Cacdac warned illegal recruiters that the DMW will go after them.

"Kamakailan lang, 1,700 ang nirecruit on false jobs to Europe. Itong ahensya ng Alju, iwasan ang ahensya na yan at kinansela natin yan at inaresto pa ang may-ari (Recently, 1,700 were recruited for false jobs to Europe. This Alju agency, avoid that agency and we canceled it and even arrested the owner)," he said.

Cacdac noted that the DMW already conducted about...