{"id":20748,"date":"2018-10-11T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=20748"},"modified":"2018-10-11T10:40:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T14:40:04","slug":"commentary-human-trafficking-the-silent-crime-of-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-human-trafficking-the-silent-crime-of-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Human Trafficking- The Silent Crime Of The Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Audley Phillip<\/p>

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While law enforcement is obsessed with seeking out and confiscating contraband\u00a0on the high seas there is a crime that, if left unchecked, will become a problem\u00a0in Antigua and other Caribbean Islands. It is one among many crimes against\u00a0women that goes unmentioned, unreported and ignored. This is the crime\u00a0of human trafficking.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and\u00a0Crime, [human trafficking] involves an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring,\u00a0harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other\u00a0means, for the purpose of exploiting them. This exploitation often takes the\u00a0form of prostitution or forced servitude. In either case, human trafficking is a\u00a0form of modern day slavery. Although some women enter countries or make\u00a0arrangements with the intention to engage in prostitution, once they arrive in\u00a0these foreign countries, they become victims of sex trafficking. Their passports\u00a0are confiscated; they are threatened with deportation, and in most cases, are forced to work off expenses to which they were unaware they had incurred. They\u00a0soon find themselves, in a foreign country, in a situation that is inescapable.<\/p>

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I wonder how many women in the brothels and private homes in Antigua are\u00a0victims of human trafficking? The majority of women who might be victims\u00a0migrate from Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Not all of these women enter the country illegally. Some enter with valid work permits, and\u00a0end up in the same predicament of psychological abuse and debt bondage.<\/p>

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Of the few cases verified as legitimate cases in human trafficking, none of the\u00a0offenders (pimps and brothel owners) were prosecuted or fined, and no follow-up investigations were pursued. Although Antigua is making a small effort to\u00a0address this issue, much more work needs to be done. In some cases, prostitutes\u00a0might be deported, but pimps and brothels continue to operate at will. Hence, the\u00a0core of the problem still remains unaddressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to other Caribbean countries, the situation in Antigua is not as bad.\u00a0Barbados is a haven for women who are victims of trafficking, as well as men\u00a0who are forced into construction, and children who are exploited for sex. In some\u00a0cases, parents or guardians receive compensation for the child’s participation\u00a0in sexual activity. In the Dominican Republic, child sex tourism is a lucrative\u00a0industry. It’s sickening to think that tourists travel to island destinations to engage\u00a0in pedophilia.\u00a0<\/p>

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Child sex tourists\/pedophiles justify this behaviour, by claiming they\u00a0are offering financial help to individuals in poverty-stricken countries. These\u00a0individuals include schoolteachers, military personnel, and peacekeepers.\u00a0Equally dysfunctional is the fact that the relatives of these underage females\u00a0are responsible for forcing them into a life of child prostitution. Human and sex\u00a0trafficking is such a blatant disrespect and insensitivity towards another person’s well-being. We have once again categorized each other as mere commodities to be\u00a0purchased, sold and bartered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although prostitution is illegal in Antigua, to my understanding, law enforcement\u00a0is only concerned with drugs and guns. If a brothel is raided and found free of\u00a0guns and drugs, it is free to continue operations. This gives the impression that\u00a0it’s okay to engage in prostitution, as long as guns and drugs are not involved.\u00a0A few individuals I spoke to seemed unsure as to whether prostitution in Antigua\u00a0was illegal, based on this dismissive approach by law enforcement. In other\u00a0instances, brothels continue to operate due to a technicality, since they often\u00a0camouflage as legitimate businesses. However, Antigua is a very small island.\u00a0It’s not difficult to locate and prove an establishment is actually a brothel, and\u00a0identify management and other affiliates. The fact that these establishments\u00a0continue to engage in business with no pressure from law enforcement is quite\u00a0baffling.<\/p>

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The reality is that guns in the hands of the wrong people and illicit drugs have a\u00a0negative effect on society, but prostitution has an equally negative social effect.\u00a0The lifestyle of prostitution encourages a lifestyle of guns and drugs. This is why\u00a0the problem of human trafficking requires greater attention. It’s almost impossible to separate these elements from each other and from the crime of human\u00a0trafficking.<\/p>

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Antigua, as well as other island nations, need to develop a more comprehensive\u00a0and focused approach to this problem. The current approach seems to\u00a0encourage the very crimes they are obsessed with controlling. There is a need\u00a0for initiative focusing on properly educating and training law enforcement,\u00a0educating communities, closing brothels, formulating and enforcing anti-trafficking laws, taking an interest in issues that disproportionately affect women\u00a0and children, considering how crimes are connected, and considering the social\u00a0impact of crimes that go unaddressed. Otherwise, we will never get to the\u00a0heart of the problem, which requires more stringent laws and a more inclusive\u00a0perspective.<\/p>\n

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