Global Issues

Trinidad and Tobago

• Destination, source, and transit country for adults and children subjected to sex trafficking.

• Some women and girls from South America and the Dominican Republic are subjected to sex trafficking in Trinbagonian brothels and clubs.

• Trinbagonian teenagers enticed into providing sex acts for shelter or material goods by local men are a high-risk group for sex trafficking.

 

Sources: U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2011