TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS |
The degree of collaboration between journalists with NGOs, law enforcement, or anti-trafficking organizations when reporting on human trafficking, varied. Trinidad and Tobago has the most active NGO landscape and the issue of TIP heightened as a result of the influx of Venezuelan migrants and asylum-seekers. In addition, Trinidad and Tobago’s Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) is more active than in the other countries. In Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Saint Lucia, there is a heavy dependence on the police services for information. There were short term awareness campaigns by governments in each country and no cohesive sustainable campaign to improve sensitivity, advance advocacy or offer recommendations and solutions.
Barbados Government Information Service, 17 th August 2022
Trinidad and Tobago Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) Advertisement, July 2022. This was published in local newspapers and on the CTU Facebook page.
The analysis done for this report did not show any evidence of whether there was any positive impact from awareness and education. However, it is noteworthy that there were very few stories on the causes, and consequences of human trafficking.
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 79
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