GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Efforts to address the issue of human trafficking in the CARIFORUM region are being bolstered with a new study on human trafficking that is expected to provide a greater understanding of the problem within and across its borders.
A Canadian firm, Dunn, Pierre, Barnett and Company, Canada Limited, has been engaged by CARIFORUM to conduct the comprehensive study.
The countries involved include Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
The study began on July 19, 2019, and will inform the methods that will be used to design interventions which are evidence-based and consistent with best practices in anti-trafficking including, but not limited to prevention, protection and prosecution.
It is hoped that the research will also provide useful information on types, patterns, and routes of trafficking; profiles of trafficked persons, and vulnerability factors for trafficking; border and law enforcement issues and information about the traffickers; and anti-trafficking efforts currently being undertaken. It will also examine the anti-trafficking efforts of international organisations and…
