Guyanese authorities are working closely with their counterparts in Jamaica in a case of human trafficking involving a native of this country and will ensure that the victim receives all the help needed, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security Trevor Thomas said yesterday.
Thomas was contacted by Stabroek News yesterday following a report in the Jamaica Gleaner which indicated that the island’s National Security minister, Senator Dwight Nelson reported that 14 human trafficking victims have been rescued by Jamaican authorities in the past six months. He listed the victims as coming from Panama, Guyana, the Dominican Republic and India.
According to Thomas, his ministry was told of the female victim in Jamaica by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and his ministry as
