The Ministry of Human Services & Social Security has taken three girls who were removed from the Oko Backdam in Region Seven late Friday afternoon, where they were reportedly taken to be part of a prostitution ring, into its custody as the police step up their investigations.
Human Services Minister Jennifer Webster yesterday told Stabroek News that she could not comment on the matter since she had not received a report from her officers but suggested that she be contacted today.
Commissioner of Police (ag) Leroy Brumell told Stabroek News that the force is investigating a report of the girls being taken into the interior by a woman to work as sex workers. He said his ranks had travelled to the location following a report by a fourth girl -the 16-year-old who had escaped and was brought out of the
