Elderly woman charged in Barbados with trafficking 5 Guyanese women

An elderly woman yesterday appeared in a Barbados court charged in connection with the alleged trafficking of five Guyanese women.

Joan Fernandez, 76, of Eagle Hall, St Michael was remanded to prison after she was reportedly unable to make bail since her surety was insufficient. She made her first appearance in the District ‘A’ Magistrates’ Court and will return to the District ‘B’ Magistrates’ Court on May 6.

This is the second such human trafficking case involving Guyanese women to