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Police say they have made a significant win in the fight against white-collar crime, with a court-ordered forfeiture of illicit cash linked to human trafficking and money laundering.
In a release issued yesterday, the TTPS said the ruling follows a years-long investigation that began with a 2019 joint raid by the Port-of-Spain Task Force and the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) at a “Secret Sunday” event on Lady Chancellor Road, where officers rescued a Spanish-speaking minor. The child was immediately placed under the care of the Counter-Trafficking Unit (CTU) and the Child Protection Unit (CPU).
CTU officers later executed a search warrant at a Cunupia bar on November 25, 2019, uncovering 33 Spanish-speaking women. The bar’s manager, Andrew George, was arrested.
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