On the anniversary of the Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the USA comes good news from Ohio – that a concerned citizens’ group is working along with authorities to bring legislation which would regulate the massage parlour industry.
CURB looks forward to similar initiatives here in the Caribbean where, in many nations, massage parlours and escort services are unregulated activities. This state of affairs leaves room for the infiltration of organised crime and the exploitation of vulnerable persons particularly in relation to the commercial sex trade.
We continue to be disturbed by the advertisements running in the classified section of the daily newspapers in Trinidad and Tobago which seek to recruit young females to the aforementioned ‘industries’.
We eagerly look forward to the proclamation of the Trafficking In Persons Act No. 14 of 2011 and the passage and enforcement of related legislation to ensure the prevention and protection of our nation’s women and youth from sex trafficking and other forms of human trafficking.
January 11, 2012
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