Crime
Foreign Nationals Denied Bail in Human Trafficking Case Involving Minors in Tobago
Three foreign nationals, a Colombian male and two females from the Dominican Republic, have been denied bail in Scarborough, Tobago on charges of human trafficking and child offenses. They will reappear in court on December 22.
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Scarborough, Tobago – Three foreign nationals have been denied bail and will re-appear in court later this month after they appeared in a magistrate’s court here on charges of human trafficking and an offence under the Children’s Act.
A police statement Monday said that Deivy Oscoro Silva, 20; Digna Yulay, 33; and Alexandra Chalas Pozo, 22, identified as a Colombian male and two females from the Dominican Republic were all denied bail, when they appeared before a Scarborough Magistrate.
They have been jointly charged with trafficking in children, when they appeared before Magistrate Christine Charles.
Los Santos and Pozo have also been charged with transporting a person for the purpose of prostitution, while Pozo faced an additional charge of Inciting a child to become a prostitute.
The trio were denied bail and remanded into custody to re-appear on December 22, this year.
Police said that on November 27, officers of the Counter Trafficking Unit received information of an alleged child prostitution ring where several minors were being held against their will.
“Officers immediately transitioned to the sister isle and conducted intense surveillance followed by an immediate police operation. All three accused were arrested by a team of officers from the Counter Trafficking Unit and the Special Investigation Task Force, during the intelligence-led police operation,” the police statement said, adding that three Latin American female minors were also rescued, and several items of evidential value were found and seized. (CMC)
