Recent police activity in Tobago has shown that the island is not immune to the scourge of human trafficking and sexual exploitation.

As part of the commemoration of the United Nations World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, the Ministry of Homeland Security conducted an awareness campaign in Tobago, starting with the unveiling of a billboard along the Claude Noel Highway in the vicinity of Shirvan.

According to Deputy Director of the Counter Trafficking Unit in the Ministry of Homeland Security, Dane-Marie Marshall, the arrest of three persons over the weekend in connection with human trafficking shows that more awareness is needed in Tobago.