Two-year plan to combat human trafficking launched

Part of the gathering (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Seeking to correct what it said were major failings on the part of the previous administration, government yesterday launched a two-year Plan of Action to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) even as President David Granger underscored the importance of enforcing the laws to ensure that traffickers are successfully prosecuted and the vulnerable protected.

“Human trafficking must be confronted fearlessly, frontally and fully…the laws must be backed by a plan of action aimed at eventually eliminating trafficking from our homeland,” Granger told those gathered for the launch of the National Plan of Action for the prevention and response to TIP 2017-2018.