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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 06 GRENADA 000010 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR G/TIP,G,INL,DRL,PRM,AND WHA/CAR 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTIP XL PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF GJ
SUBJECT: TIP SUBMISSION - GRENADA 
 
REF: STATE 5577,08 STATE 132759 
 
¶1. (U) As requested reftel B, below are Embassy Grenada's 
responses to questions regarding Grenada for the ninth annual 
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 
 
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PARA 23 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 
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¶2. (SBU) 
 
-- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on 
trafficking in persons?  What plans are in place (if any) to 
undertake further documentation of human trafficking?  How 
reliable are these sources? 
 
Post consulted with the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF), the 
Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry 
of Social Development, and several non-governmental 
organizations (NGO's).  There are no reports of any form of 
trafficking in persons (TIP) as defined in reftels.  There are 
no laws in Grenada concerning TIP.  Local NGO's and government 
offices are sensitive to TIP issues but do not consider TIP to 
be a problem in the country.  The police continue to pursue 
training in recognizing TIP.  However, government offices and 
the RGPF are understaffed and overstretched. 
 
-- B. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or 
destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or 
children?  Does trafficking occur within the country's borders? 
If so, does internal trafficking occur in territory outside of 
the government's control (e.g. in a civil war situation)?  To 
where are people trafficked?  For what purposes are they 
trafficked?  Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for 
each group of trafficking victims.  Have there been any changes 
in the TIP situation since the last TIP Report (e.g. changes in 
destinations)? 
 
Grenada is a small tri-island country with a population of 
approximately 105,000.  There have been no reports of TIP from 
the government, NGO's, or the press during the reporting period. 
 Grenada could potentially be a transit and destination country 
from other islands and countries in the region.  There are no 
reports of trafficking victims within the country's borders. 
There are no TIP statistics available and estimates indicate the 
problem is minimal if it exists at all.  There is no change in 
the situation since the previous reporting period. 
 
-- C. What kind of conditions are the victims trafficked into? 
 
While there is local speculation that some young women come to 
Grenada to engage in prostitution, there are no reports that any 
are victims of TIP.  There have been no reports of trafficking 
in children for prostitution or sexual slavery. 
 
-- D. Vulnerability to TIP: Are certain groups of persons more 
at risk of being trafficked (e.g. women and children, boys 
versus girls, certain ethnic groups, refugees, IDPs, etc.)? 
 
Young women are the most vulnerable group in Grenada but there 
is no evidence they are being trafficked. 
 
-- E. Traffickers and Their Methods: Who are the 
traffickers/exploiters?  Are they independent business people? 
Small or family-based crime groups?  Large international 
organized crime syndicates?  What methods are used to approach 
victims?  For example, are they offered lucrative jobs, sold by 
their families, or approached by friends of friends?  What 
methods are used to move the victims (e.g., are false documents 
being used?).  Are employment, travel, and tourism agencies or 
marriage brokers involved with or fronting for traffickers or 
crime groups to traffic individuals? 
 
There have been no reports of TIP by Grenada's government, 
NGO's, or the press.  There is no indication that employment, 
travel, or tourism agencies, or marriage brokers, are involved 
in TIP. 
 
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PARA 24 - SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOG'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS 
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-- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a 
problem in the country?  If not, why not? 
 
The Government of Grenada does not deny that TIP might occur, 
but does not acknowledge that TIP is a serious problem.  There 
have been no reports of TIP on any of the three islands that 
make up Grenada. 
 
 
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-- B. Which government agencies are involved in anti- 
trafficking efforts and which agency, if any, has the lead? 
 
The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF), the Ministry of Labor, 
and the Ministry of Legal Affairs have primary legal and law 
enforcement responsibility within the government for TIP issues. 
 The RGPF Immigration and Customs units are aware of the issue 
and would take action should any cases of TIP be discovered. 
The Ministry of Social Development would provide support to any 
TIP victims, but did not report any victims of TIP during the 
reporting period. 
 
-- C. What are the limitations on the government's ability to 
address this problem in practice?  For example, is funding for 
police or other institutions inadequate?  Is overall corruption 
a problem?  Does the government lack the resources to aid 
victims? 
 
All government ministries are underfunded and understaffed.  The 
country currently labors under a heavy debt burden necessitated 
by rebuilding required after the devastating passage of 
Hurricane Ivan in 2004.  Grenada's coast guard (a part of the 
police) is unable to patrol its coastal areas which contain many 
coves and bays.  The coast guard has only one boat capable of 
staying at sea overnight and it is not currently working 
reliably.  It is relatively easy to slip out of any of Grenada's 
islands without anyone knowing. 
 
-- D. To what extent does the government systematically monitor 
its anti-trafficking efforts (on all fronts -- prosecution, 
victim protection, and prevention) and periodically make 
available, publicly or privately and directly or through 
regional/international organizations, its assessments of these 
anti-trafficking efforts? 
 
Because TIP is not considered to be a problem in Grenada, few 
resources are dedicated to looking for it.  Immigration 
officials have assured post that they do keep an eye out for 
TIP, especially with young women from other island nations 
arriving in Grenada for weekend visits.  To date, they report no 
cases of trafficking. 
 
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PARA 25 - INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS 
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-- A. Existing Laws against TIP: Does the country have a law or 
laws specifically prohibiting trafficking in persons -- both for 
sexual exploitation and labor?  If so, please specifically cite 
the name of the law(s) and its date of enactment and provide the 
exact language [actual copies preferable] of the TIP provisions. 
 Please provide a full inventory of trafficking laws, including 
non-criminal statutes that allow for civil penalties against 
alleged trafficking crimes (e.g., civil forfeiture laws and laws 
against illegal debt). Does the law(s) cover both internal and 
transnational forms of trafficking?  If not, under what other 
laws can traffickers be prosecuted?  For example, are there laws 
against slavery or the exploitation of prostitution by means of 
force, fraud, or coercion?  Are these other laws being used in 
trafficking cases? 
 
There are no laws prohibiting TIP.  There are laws prohibiting 
slavery and the exploitation of prostitution, and child labor 
which fall under Grenada's Labor Law.  There is no record of any 
of these laws being used to prosecute TIP. 
 
-- B. Punishment of Sex Trafficking Offenses: What are the 
prescribed and imposed penalties for trafficking people for 
sexual exploitation? 
 
There are no laws prohibiting TIP so there are no penalties for 
trafficking people for sexual exploitation.  There were no 
reports of people being trafficked for sexual exploitation. 
 
-- C. Punishment of Labor Trafficking Offenses: What are the 
prescribed and imposed penalties for trafficking for labor 
exploitation, such as forced or bonded labor?  If your country 
is a source country for labor migrants, do the government's laws 
provide for criminal punishment -- i.e. jail time -- for labor 
recruiters who engage in recruitment of workers using knowingly 
fraudulent or deceptive offers with the purpose of subjecting 
workers to trafficking in the destination country?  If your 
country is a destination for labor migrants, are there laws 
punishing employers or labor agents who confiscate workers' 
passports or travel documents for the purpose of trafficking, 
switch contracts without the worker's consent as a means to keep 
the worker in a state of service, or withhold payment of 
salaries as means of keeping the worker in a state of service? 
 
There are no laws prohibiting TIP so there are no specific 
 
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penalties for trafficking people for labor exploitation.  There 
were no reports of trafficking people for labor exploitation. 
 
-- D. What are the prescribed penalties for rape or forcible 
sexual assault? 
 
Penalties for rape or forcible sexual assault range from 
flogging to fifteen years in prison. 
 
-- E. Law Enforcement Statistics: Did the government prosecute 
any cases against human trafficking offenders during the 
reporting period?  If so, provide numbers of investigations, 
prosecutions, convictions, and sentences imposed, including 
details on plea bargains and fines, if relevant and available. 
Please note the number of convicted traffickers who received 
suspended sentences and the number who received only a fine as 
punishment.  Please indicate which laws were used to 
investigate, prosecute, convict, and sentence traffickers. 
Also, if possible, please disaggregate numbers of cases by type 
of TIP (labor vs. commercial sexual exploitation) and victims 
(children under 18 years of age vs. adults).  If in a labor 
source country, did the government criminally prosecute labor 
recruiters who recruit workers using knowingly fraudulent or 
deceptive offers or by imposing fees or commissions for the 
purpose of subjecting the worker to debt bondage?  Did the 
government in a labor destination country criminally prosecute 
employers or labor agents who confiscate workers' 
passports/travel documents for the purpose of trafficking, 
switch contracts or terms of employment without the worker's 
consent to keep workers in a state of service, use physical or 
sexual abuse or the threat of such abuse to keep workers in a 
state of service, or withhold payment of salaries as a means to 
keep workers in a state of service?  What were the actual 
punishments imposed on persons convicted of these offenses?  Are 
the traffickers serving the time sentenced?  If not, why not? 
 
The government did not prosecute any cases against human 
trafficking offenders.  While some Grenadians migrate elsewhere 
to find employment, there were no reports of labor recruiters or 
agents operating in Grenada.  There were no reports of 
Grenadians being trafficked for labor.  Grenada is not currently 
a labor destination country and there were no cases of labor 
recruiters or agents confiscating workers' travel documents. 
 
-- F. Does the government provide any specialized training for 
government officials in how to recognize, investigate, and 
prosecute instances of trafficking? 
Specify whether NGOs, international organizations, and/or the 
USG provide specialized training for host government officials. 
 
Neither the government nor any of the local NGO's offer TIP 
training due to lack of resources and other more urgent 
priorities.  No education campaigns specific to TIP have been 
instituted. 
 
RGPF officers have attended TIP training offered by the USG in 
the past to learn how to identify TIP.  Two RGPF officers 
attended February 12 - 23, 2008 USG-funded TIP training in San 
Salvador.  Upper level RGPF officers have expressed an interest 
in having training in Grenada where more members of the force 
could be trained, if it becomes available. 
 
--G. Does the government cooperate with other governments in the 
investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases?  If 
possible, provide the number of cooperative international 
investigations on trafficking during the reporting period. 
 
There are no such cases on record. 
 
-- H. Does the government extradite persons who are charged with 
trafficking in other countries?  If so, please provide the 
number of traffickers extradited during the reporting period, 
and the number of trafficking extraditions pending. In 
particular, please report on any pending or concluded 
extraditions of trafficking offenders to the United States. 
 
The government has never extradited anyone nor charged anyone 
with TIP-related offenses. 
 
-- I. Is there evidence of government involvement in or 
tolerance of trafficking, on a local or institutional level?  If 
so, please explain in detail. 
 
There is no evidence of government involvement in or tolerance 
of TIP at any level. 
 
-- J. If government officials are involved in trafficking, what 
steps has the government taken to end such participation? 
Please indicate the number of government officials investigated 
and prosecuted for involvement in trafficking or 
 
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trafficking-related corruption during the reporting period. 
Have any been convicted?  What sentence(s) was imposed?  Please 
specify if officials received suspended sentences, or were given 
a fine, fired, or reassigned to another position within the 
government as punishment.  Please indicate the number of 
convicted officials that received suspended sentences or 
received only a fine as punishment. 
 
There is no evidence suggesting that any government officials 
are involved in TIP and no government officials have been 
charged or prosecuted for TIP offenses. 
 
-- K. Is prostitution legalized or decriminalized? 
Specifically, are the activities of the prostitute criminalized? 
 Are the activities of the brothel owner/operator, clients, 
pimps, and enforcers criminalized?  Are these laws enforced?  If 
prostitution is legal and regulated, what is the legal minimum 
age for this activity?  Note that in countries with federalist 
systems, prostitution laws may be under state or local 
jurisdiction and may differ among jurisdictions. 
 
Prostitution is illegal, as is the facilitation of prostitution, 
such as pimping or running a brothel.  Government efforts to 
enforce these laws are weak for the most part, unless such 
activity is brought to its attention by the press or NGO's. 
Areas where such activity might be expected, such as beach and 
hotel areas, are actively patrolled. 
 
-- L. For countries that contribute troops to international 
peacekeeping efforts, please indicate whether the government 
vigorously investigated, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced 
nationals of the country deployed abroad as part of a 
peacekeeping or other similar mission who engaged in or 
facilitated severe forms of trafficking or who exploited victims 
of such trafficking. 
 
Three Grenadian police officers have served in UNMIH in Haiti. 
There have been no allegations that any of these officers were 
involved in any TIP activities. 
 
-- M. If the country has an identified problem of child sex 
tourists coming to the country, what are the countries of origin 
for sex tourists?  How many foreign pedophiles did the 
government prosecute or deport/extradite to their country of 
origin?  If your host country's nationals are perpetrators of 
child sex tourism, do the country's child sexual abuse laws have 
extraterritorial coverage (similar to the U.S. PROTECT 
Act) to allow the prosecution of suspected sex tourists for 
crimes committed abroad?  If so, how many of the country's 
nationals were prosecuted and/or convicted during the reporting 
period under the extraterritorial provision(s) for traveling to 
other countries to engage in child sex tourism? 
 
There is no identified problem of child sex tourists coming to 
Grenada. 
 
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PARA 26 - PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS 
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-- A.  What kind of protection is the government able under 
existing law to provide for victims and witnesses? 
Does it provide these protections in practice? 
 
The government could provide only limited assistance to victims 
and/or witnesses of TIP.  Some counseling services are available 
and there is one home for battered women in the country.  There 
is no financial assistance available.  There were no requests 
for assistance from TIP victims during the reporting period. 
 
-- B.  Does the country have victim care facilities (shelters or 
drop-in centers) which are accessible to trafficking victims? 
Do foreign victims have the same access to care as domestic 
trafficking victims?  Where are child victims placed (e.g., in 
shelters, foster care, or juvenile justice detention centers)? 
Does the country have specialized care for adults in addition to 
children?  Does the country have specialized care for male 
victims as well as female?   Does the country have specialized 
facilities dedicated to helping victims of trafficking? 
Are these facilities operated by the government or by NGOs? 
What is the funding source of these facilities?  Please estimate 
the amount the government spent (in U.S. dollar equivalent) on 
these specialized facilities dedicated to helping trafficking 
victims during the reporting period. 
 
There is one battered woman's shelter in Grenada, which 
depending on space available would be open to a victim of TIP. 
Children would be housed with their mothers.  There have been no 
reports that any victims of TIP have been housed there. 
 
 
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-- C.  Does the government provide trafficking victims with 
access to legal, medical and psychological services? 
If so, please specify the kind of assistance provided. 
Does the government provide funding or other forms of support to 
foreign or domestic NGOs and/or international organizations for 
providing these services to trafficking victims?  Please explain 
and provide any funding amounts in U.S. dollar equivalent.  If 
assistance provided was in-kind, please specify exact 
assistance.  Please specify if funding for assistance comes from 
a federal budget or from regional or local governments. 
 
The government does not provide legal assistance.  Medical care, 
including counseling, is available to a victim of TIP, through 
the Grenada General Hospital and the Ministry of Social 
Development. 
 
-- D. Does the government assist foreign trafficking victims, 
for example, by providing temporary to permanent residency 
status, or other relief from deportation?  If so, please explain. 
 
No. 
 
-- E. Does the government provide longer-term shelter or housing 
benefits to victims or other resources to aid the victims in 
rebuilding their lives? 
 
No. 
 
-- F. Does the government have a referral process to transfer 
victims detained, arrested or placed in protective custody by 
law enforcement authorities to institutions that provide short- 
or long-term care (either government or NGO-run)? 
 
No. 
 
-- G. What is the total number of trafficking victims identified 
during the reporting period?  Of these, how many victims were 
referred to care facilities for assistance by law enforcement 
authorities during the reporting period?  By social services 
officials?  What is the number of victims assisted by 
government-funded assistance programs and those not funded by 
the government during the reporting period? 
 
There were no reports of TIP victims during the reporting period. 
 
-- H. Do the government's law enforcement, immigration, and 
social services personnel have a formal system of proactively 
identifying victims of trafficking among high-risk persons with 
whom they come in contact (e.g., foreign persons arrested for 
prostitution or immigration violations)?  For countries with 
legalized prostitution, does the government have a mechanism for 
screening for trafficking victims among persons involved in the 
legal/regulated commercial sex trade? 
 
There is no system in place to proactively identify TIP victims. 
 
-- I. Are the rights of victims respected?  Are trafficking 
victims detained or jailed?   If so, for how long?  Are victims 
fined?  Are victims prosecuted for violations of other laws, 
such as those governing immigration or prostitution? 
 
Since there are no reports of TIP victims, there is no 
information available. 
 
-- J. Does the government encourage victims to assist in the 
investigation and prosecution of trafficking?  How many victims 
assisted in the investigation and prosecution of traffickers 
during the reporting period?  May victims file civil suits or 
seek legal action against traffickers?  Does anyone impede 
victim access to such legal redress?  If a victim is a material 
witness in a court case against a former employer, is the victim 
permitted to obtain other employment or to leave the country 
pending trial proceedings?  Are there means by which a victim 
may obtain restitution? 
 
Since there are no reports of TIP victims, there is no 
information available. 
 
-- K. Does the government provide any specialized training for 
government officials in identifying trafficking victims and in 
the provision of assistance to trafficked victims, including the 
special needs of trafficked children?  Does the government 
provide training on protections and assistance to its embassies 
and consulates in foreign countries that are destination 
or transit countries?   What is the number of trafficking 
victims assisted by the host country's embassies or consulates 
abroad during the reporting period?  Please explain the type of 
assistance provided (travel documents, referrals to assistance, 
payment for transportation home). 
 
 
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The government does not provide specialized TIP training for any 
of its officials or embassies but would be amenable to an offer 
of training from outside.  There were no reports of TIP victims. 
 
-- L. Does the government provide assistance, such as medical 
aid, shelter, or financial help, to its nationals who are 
repatriated as victims of trafficking? 
 
There are no special services available for TIP victims.  If 
nationals of Grenada were repatriated as victims of TIP, only 
normal medical and counseling services would be available. 
 
-- M. Which international organizations or NGOs, if any, work 
with trafficking victims?  What type of services do they 
provide?  What sort of cooperation do they receive from local 
authorities? 
 
Should international organizations or NGO's request assistance 
from local authorities, the government would do what it could to 
assist.  There are no services specific to TIP victims available 
in Grenada. 
 
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PARA 27 - PREVENTION 
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-- A. Did the government conduct anti-trafficking information or 
education campaigns during the reporting period?  If so, briefly 
describe the campaign(s), including their objectives and 
effectiveness.  Please provide the number of people reached by 
such awareness efforts, if available.  Do these campaigns target 
potential trafficking victims and/or the demand for trafficking 
(e.g. "clients" of prostitutes or beneficiaries of forced 
labor)? 
 
The government did not conduct anti-trafficking information or 
education campaigns. 
 
-- B. Does the government monitor immigration and emigration 
patterns for evidence of trafficking? 
 
The government does not specifically monitor general immigration 
and emigration patterns for evidence for trafficking since due 
to lack of resources they are unable to monitor all entrance and 
egress points on the islands. 
 
-- C. Is there a mechanism for coordination and communication 
between various agencies, internal, international, and 
multilateral on trafficking-related matters, such as a 
multi-agency working group or a task force? 
 
There is no specific mechanism for coordination and 
communication between various agencies on trafficking-related 
matters.  There are no TIP-specific mechanisms in Grenada. 
 
-- D. Does the government have a national plan of action to 
address trafficking in persons?  If the plan was developed 
during the reporting period, which agencies were involved in 
developing it?  Were NGOs consulted in the process?  What steps 
has the government taken to implement the action plan? 
 
There is no government action plan to address TIP. 
 
-- E: What measures has the government taken during the 
reporting period to reduce the demand for commercial sex 
acts? 
 
The government undertook routine action to stop prostitution as 
part of its regular law enforcement activities. 
 
-- F. Required of all Posts: What measures has the government 
taken during the reporting period to reduce the participation in 
international child sex tourism by nationals of the country? 
 
There is no evidence of participation of Grenadian nationals in 
international child sex tourism. 
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