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A former police officer has been sentenced to 16 years, 5 months, and 15 days in prison for trafficking three Colombian women more than a decade ago.
Valentine Eastman, who was serving in the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service at the time of the crime, was convicted on January 31, 2025, following a 2013 investigation by the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU).
In sentencing Eastman on July 28, Justice George Busby cited the planning, deception, intimidation, and psychological harm involved. He said the crime was driven by profit and represented a calculated abuse of power and trust.
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