Trinidad is a Massive Consumer of Trafficked Bodies

Epicentres of human trafficking

There are three towns in eastern Venezuela where human trafficking to Trinidad occurs most frequently

Apart from Tucupita, Guiria where there is an increase in criminal gangs that traffic weapons, drugs, food, people, and exotic animals, due to the proximity to the coasts of T&T.

Another town near Guiria, called Irapa was also identified as a port of departure for Trinidad. In Irapa there is a high influence of the culture of Trinidad, especially in its architecture and gastronomy. There is also a boom in drug, food, and people-smuggling to T&T.

several epicentres in the region for human trafficking which not only included T&T, but countries like Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Nicaragua.

Venezuela has the dubious distinction out of this grouping as being the greatest supplier of trafficking victims to Trinidad and Tobago, USA and Canada.

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