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No recorded case of TIP in Amerindian communities for 2012
– Minister
In 2012 there were no recorded reports of trafficking in persons at the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, according to Minister Pauline Sukhai.
“Last year we would not have had any reports of trafficking in persons that the Ministry recorded… in 2011 we had two reports. The minute we get should an indication of TIP, we have a protocol of indications falling into place.”
However, the Amerindian Affairs Minister explained that in terms of rape cases, there were seven referrals; 23 labour cases of nonpayment by employers were referred to the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security and 10 referrals were made pertaining to domestic violence.
“This is an issue which we are not soft on, even though we do not bring closure to it, because it’s outside the mandate of how much we deal with the rape cases…as soon as a rape case comes to our attention, we immediately document the case with exigency. What we do is refer it to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security,” the Minister noted.
Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai
Young Amerindian girls are seen as one of the most vulnerable targets for trafficking in persons.
Brigadier (retd) David Granger, Leader of the Opposition, in 2012, had criticised the government for its failure to act decisively to stamp out the scourge of Trafficking in Persons.
Citing the US Department of State’s annual ‘Trafficking in Persons Report’, which “usually gives Guyana an unfavourable ‘Tier 2’ ranking”, Granger called on the Government to reorganize the Guyana Police Force to enable it to enforce the law and comply with international conventions against TIP.
Granger warned that the virulence and persistence of the plague of Trafficking in Persons over the past two decades, demands new official attitudes and approaches.
He called on the PPP/C administration to establish a special Commission to investigate human trafficking and to promulgate a comprehensive national counter-trafficking enforcement strategy.
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