As National Human Trafficking Prevention Month comes to a close, the Counter Trafficking Unit under the Ministry of Homeland Security took its “Traffic in the Capital” anti-trafficking campaign to Secondary School students in South Trinidad, highlighting the dangers and realities of human trafficking.
Speaking to students at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA), Deputy Director of the Counter Trafficking Unit, Dane-Marie Marshall, emphasised the importance of spotting the signs of human trafficking and understanding the resources available to help combat the crime.
She also reminded students that Trinidad and Tobago remains both a transit and destination country for trafficking, particularly of women and children.
“It’s evolving, and it demands a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach. At the CTU, we have prioritised multi-agency collaborations, community sensitisations, intelligence-driven operations, and victim support. But we cannot do it alone. To the students present, you are the generation that must say ‘no more.'”