OM demands lower punishments Bandera Grill case
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecution Service has demanded lower sentences in the Banderagrill case. The case is against a couple that is suspected of human trafficking. The couple had Venezuelan ladies working as More...
2018 Trafficking in Persons Report; Curaçao keeps Tier 2 ranking
WASHINGTON - Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern slavery, is a crime of exploitation in which a trafficker compels an individual into service for commercial sex or labor or both using More...
OM demands 15 years against captain
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecution Office (OM) has demanded 15 years of prison against the captain of the boat that hit the cliffs and killed at least five Venezuelans. That incident took place in January this More...
350 human trafficking victims rescued across 13 Caribbean, Latin American countries
INTERPOL - According to the British news site BBC, nearly 350 men, women, and children have been rescued by police in 13 Caribbean and South American countries. The human trafficking victims were freed by an Interpol-orchestrated More...
Head of Immigration Service suspected of 9 cases of human trafficking
WILLEMSTAD - The head of the Immigration and Admission organization, Esther Cheri, is suspected of 9 allegations of human trafficking. This became clear during the first pre-trial session of her case. According More...
OM: “Investigation into the phenomenon of sexual exploitation of minors”
WILLEMSTAD - The tackling of trafficking in human beings has been a high priority within the Public Prosecution (OM) Curaçao. Human trafficking is the exploitation of other people usually for the sole purpose of More...
Public Prosecution: Increase in human trafficking cases in 2017”
WILLEMSTAD - The human trafficking cases in Curaçao have increased enormously in 2017 in comparison with previous years. In 2015, 4 cases of human trafficking were brought to court. In 2016 two cases and 14 cases More...
Dead Venezuelans found on north coast are victims of human trafficking
WILLEMSTAD - The police officers have arrested two Venezuelans suspected of human trafficking. They are suspected of being involved in the crossing of the boat that shipwrecked on the north coast of the island last More...
MP asks questions about illegal prostitution
WILLEMSTAD - The Member of Parliament for PAR, Anna-Maria Pauletta asked the Minister of Justice Quincy Girigorie several questions about the large number of people working as prostitutes outside the brothel Campo More...
US slaps Belize with worst rank in latest Human Trafficking Report
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department yesterday slapped the worst tier status on the Central American CARICOM nation of Belize as it released its annual Trafficking in Persons report. Belize is the only Caribbean More...
