The Counter Traf­fick­ing Unit (CTU) of the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty has filed 29 crim­i­nal charges against two Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als fol­low­ing “Op­er­a­tion Pur­ple Rain”—a sweep­ing in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to hu­man traf­fick­ing in Rio Claro.

Last Tues­day, Ryan An­tho­ny Mark, 46, who faces 18 counts, and Sher­wyn Mar­lon Gue­var­ro, 44, who faces 11, were charged.

The charges in­clude of­fences un­der the Traf­fick­ing in Per­sons Act, the Chil­dren Act and the Sex­u­al Of­fences Act.