Two arrested in child trafficking probe

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 Counter Traf­fick­ing Unit (CTU), work­ing with sev­er­al part­ner agen­cies, ar­rest­ed the two dur­ing an op­er­a­tion in Point Fortin in the ear­ly hours of Wednes­day.

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