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In this photo taken June 8, 2020, security personnel enforce the lockdown at the Bureau of Immigration office in Intramuros, Manila.
The STAR / Edd Gumban
Trigger warning: Sexual abuse
MANILA, Philippines — The Bureau of Immigration arrested a 72-year-old Canadian national with a documented history of child sexual offenses across Southeast Asia.
In a statement on Sunday, July 12, Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado identified the foreigner as Orville Frank Mader, who was arrested on the evening of June 30 in a residential area in Barangay Caingin, Santa Rosa, Laguna.
The bureau said the operation was a collaborative effort involving Canadian authorities alongside multiple Philippine intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
The bureau's Fugitive Search Unit chief Rendel Ryan Sy said Canadian authorities alerted the bureau to Mader's presence in the Philippines after confirming that his Canadian passport had been canceled.
While Mader is not facing active criminal prosecution in Canada, both the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Canada Border Services Agency warned Philippine authorities that he carries a dangerous record.
Records shared with the BI showed that Mader had been apprehended twice for alleged sexual offenses against children, first in 2016 and again in 2022.
Intelligence records also show a long, documented history of similar predatory behavior in Thailand and Cambodia stretching back to the early 2000s.
A review of immigration databases indicated that Mader originally arrived in the Philippines on September 29, 2015, as a temporary visitor, the bureau said. He has since stayed in the country without applying for any visa extensions, classifying him as an undocumented and overstaying alien.
Deportation proceedings. "The BI will never allow foreign predators to stay in our country," Viado said in a statement.
Mader was taken into BI custody and will undergo deportation proceedings for violating Philippine immigration laws.
Viado urged the public to report suspected foreign sexual predators or child exploitation activities to the Bureau of Immigration or through the Council for the Welfare of Children's Makabata Helpline 1383.
