April 16, 2021

Four Men Charged With Trafficking Venezuelan Girl

By Newsroom

Four men will appear virtually before a Port of Spain Magistrate today, charged with trafficking a Venezuelan girl.

One of the accused is charged with sexual assaulting the child.

The men were arrested on Tuesday- four others were also detained but have been released as police continue further investigation.

The accused are:

-KERON PASCALL aka “Summer Boss”, of Andrews Trace, Blue Basin, Diego Martin, charged with receiving and transporting a child for the purpose of child trafficking, harbouring a child for the purpose of child trafficking, knowingly receiving a financial benefit from the offence of trafficking in persons, causing a child to prostitute, controlling a child prostitute and facilitating child prostitution.

-SHAQUILLE NOEL aka “Pipin”, of Blue Basin Road, Diego Martin, charged with receiving and transporting a child for the purpose of child trafficking and harbouring a child for the purpose of child trafficking.

-JOSE RAPHAEL SORZANO PEREZ, charged with receiving and transporting a child for the purpose of child trafficking.

-KJUDA JAMES, charged with sexual penetration of a child.

The exercise was conducted by officers of the Special Investigations Unit, Counter-Trafficking Unit, the Special Investigations Task Force, Guard and Emergency Branch, Inter-Agency Task Force and the Crime Scene Investigations Unit.

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