Human Services Ministry hosts training on human trafficking in Bartica

UNDP official Trevor Benn addressing residents of Region Seven at the session on human trafficking (GINA photo)

The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security held a one-day training session in Bartica, Region Seven on Saturday to sensitise residents about Trafficking in Persons (TIP), according to a release from the Government Information Agency yesterday.

Bartica is the gateway to the mining interior where the majority of TIP crimes are believed to occur. The session comes in the wake of continuing concerns that the government is not doing enough on TIP. An annual US report on the problem has cited Guyana again for not doing enough. Simultaneously with the release of the report,