A city hotel owner is now a remanded prisoner after being charged with trafficking two Venezuelan nationals for labour.
Christine Rodrigues Gomes, 32, a Brazilian national, was read a total of four charges yesterday by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan in Georgetown, where a Guyanese miner was also faced with charges over his alleged role in engaging the two Venezuelans.
The first charge against Gomes stated that between November 4th and November 28th, 2018, at the Ola Hotel, at Charlotte Street, Georgetown, she engaged in trafficking in persons; that is to say, she harboured a Venezuelan national by means of abuse of position of vulnerability for labor exploitation.
