In todays Trinidad Guardian Human trafficking case against cop begins Security was heightened at the San Fernando Magistrate’s Court yesterday after two alleged victims of human trafficking were brought to give evidence against PC Valentine Eastman. The State began the case against Eastman, through paper committal proceedings, on ten human-trafficking charges involving three Colombian women. Deputy Chief Magistrate Mark Wellington told members of the public and the media to leave the courtroom as the law said the case must be heard in camera. Eastman, 53, who was last assigned to the Mon Repos Police Station, was the first person to be charged under the Trafficking in Persons Act of 2011. [ Click the link to read this article in full guardian.co.tt/news/2014-09-04/human-trafficking-case-against-cop-begins ]
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:05:00 +0000