Migrant advocate warns human trafficking remains widespread in T&T

Sascha Wil­son

The re­cent ar­rests linked to an al­leged child traf­fick­ing ring op­er­at­ing across South and Cen­tral Trinidad may have ex­posed on­ly a frac­tion of a much wider prob­lem, a mi­grant sup­port ad­vo­cate be­lieves, as she warned that hu­man traf­fick­ing re­mains preva­lent in Trinidad and To­ba­go and con­tin­ues to ex­ploit vul­ner­a­ble mi­grants.

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La Ro­maine Mi­grant Sup­port Group co­or­di­na­tor Ang­ie Ram­nar­ine praised the po­lice for their lat­est ef­forts, par­tic­u­lar­ly the work of the Counter Traf­fick­ing Unit (CTU), but cau­tioned that in­ves­ti­ga­tors may have on­ly scratched the sur­face.