Cops bust sex trafficking ring in Point Fortin

A 43-year-old Venezue­lan woman and a 32-year-old Trinida­di­an man have been ar­rest­ed as in­ves­ti­ga­tions con­tin­ue in­to the al­leged traf­fick­ing and sex­u­al ex­ploita­tion of a 15-year-old Venezue­lan girl.

The ar­rests were made dur­ing a co­or­di­nat­ed op­er­a­tion in Point Fortin in the ear­ly hours of yes­ter­day by the Counter Traf­fick­ing Unit (CTU) and sev­er­al part­ner agen­cies.

Three oth­er Venezue­lan women, aged 19, 28 and 38, were found at the premis­es and screened by CTU of­fi­cers. How­ev­er, the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty said none was iden­ti­fied as a vic­tim of hu­man traf­fick­ing. The women were sub­se­quent­ly hand­ed over to the Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion’s En­force­ment Unit for fur­ther pro­cess­ing.