TTPS Unearths Modern Day Slavery

In a sting operation coordinated by the Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith and executed by the Special Operation Response Team (SORT), the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has rescued sixty-nine (69) T&T citizens (65 men and 4 women) ranging in ages from 20 to their 60’s, all held captive, where most of them were in cages and some handcuffs. The operation commenced at approximately 12:15am on Wednesday 9th October 2019, at a prominent church on Eastern Main Road, Arouca. Search warrants were issued pursuant to Section 13 Chap. 12:10 of the Trafficking in Persons Act, after a period of monitoring and investigations. As a result, thus far, six (6) persons were arrested at the church which is supposed to be a rehabilitation centre. Investigations are continuing