TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS |
Following a comprehensive review of all the stories collected for analysis, a series of keywords were developed as a criteria for which most of the media reports could be categorized and compared.
TRINIDAD KEYWORD SEARCH
RESULTS
Trafficking in persons
319 174
Trafficked
Sexual slavery Sexual labour
27
70 Table 19 - Keyword search results for media coverage of TIP stories in for the period June 2021 to June 2023
CCN TV6 CNC3
TTT
95.1FM Express
Guardian Newsday
TIP
30
24
8 5 0
1 1
83 42
93 60
79 46
Trafficked
6 2
13
Sexual slavery Sexual labour
4
0 0
6
9
8
0 32 Table 20 – Keyword results of media coverage of TIP stories in Trinidad and Tobago for the period June 2021 to June 2023 when cross-referenced by media house and research term 1 1 12 19
A comprehensive review of all stories evidenced that there was a severe lack of investigative reporting. Of the 419 stories reviewed, there were only five from Trinidad and Tobago where there was an effort to deep dive. These were the stories which were also human interest or migrant stories.
A Media Analysis of the Coverage of Youth Involvement in Crime and Violence and Trafficking in Persons (June 2021 to June 2023) in the Eastern Caribbean 75
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