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SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
STATE FOR G ??? LAURA PENA 
STATE FOR G/TIP ??? STEPHANIE KRONENBURG 
STATE FOR WHA/CAR ??? KAREN JO MCISAAC 
STATE FOR WHA/PPC 
STATE ALSO FOR INL, DRL, PRM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KWMN KTIP PGOV PHUM SMIG ASEC
PREF, XL 
SUBJECT: TIP SUBMISSION - ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 
 
REF: STATE 2094; 09 BRIDGETOWN 109; 09 BRIDGETOWN 491 
09 BRIDGETOWN 529; 09 BRIDGETOWN 686 
 
¶1. (U) As requested ref A, below are Post's responses to questions 
regarding St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the annual Trafficking 
in Persons (TIP) Report. 
 
 
 
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PARA 25 - THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 
 
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¶2. (SBU) 
 
 
 
-- A.  What is (are) the source(s) of available information on 
human trafficking?  What plans are in place (if any) to undertake 
further documentation of human trafficking?  How reliable are these 
sources? 
 
 
 
There are three primary sources for TIP information:  the 
Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG), which 
includes the police, Immigration, the Ministry of Mobilization and 
Social Development, the Attorney General's Chambers, and the 
Director of Public Prosecutions; the press; and local 
non-governmental organizations (NGOs), most notably the St. Vincent 
and the Grenadines Human Rights Association (SVGHRA).  All sources 
tend to be reliable and forthcoming, including the various 
government offices to which TIP issues are commonly addressed.  Per 
refs C and D, a G/TIP-contracted consultant is planning to work 
closely with the GOSVG to draft a comprehensive anti-trafficking 
law and coordinate the training of police and prosecutors on 
counter-trafficking measures.  Such efforts should enable the GOSVG 
to increase its documentation of trafficking cases, should any 
occur. 
 
 
 
-- B.  Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or 
destination for men, women, or children subjected to conditions of 
commercial sexual exploitation, forced or bonded labor, or other 
slave-like conditions?  Are citizens or residents of the country 
subjected to such trafficking conditions within the country?  If 
so, does this internal trafficking occur in territory outside of 
the government's control (e.g. in a civil war situation)?  From 
where are people recruited or from where do they migrate prior to 
being subjected to these exploitative conditions?  To what other 
countries are people trafficked and for what purposes?  Provide, 
where possible, numbers or estimates for each group of trafficked 
victims.  Have there been any changes in the TIP situation since 
the last TIP Report (e.g. changes in destinations)? 
 
 
 
St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is a small, multi-island 
nation with a population of 110,000.  Police officials were aware 
of one possible case (ref E), involving the possible forced labor 
of minor(s) in cannabis production.  Police officials determined 
that the minor(s) in question purported to be exploited to avoid 
being charged with drug-related offenses - - a determination we 
believe is accurate.  On October 13, 2009, the Director of Public 
Prosecutions and police officials contacted the Embassy's 
Political/Economic Section and LEGATT, respectively and separately, 
to proactively inform the Embassy of an incident in which a number 
of women (mainly from the Dominican Republic) had attempted to exit 
SVG bound for the British Virgin Islands without SVG entry stamps 
in their passports.  That incident, along with a request for 
assistance in conducting a thorough investigation, was relayed to 
G/TIP immediately, noting that such cases exemplify the need to 
move forward with training, technical and other assistance to help 
SVG deal with potential TIP-related issues.  In the end, LEGATT was 
unable to assist in the case due to the absence of a U.S. 
 
connection to either the suspect(s) or the alleged victims; G/TIP 
provided a toll-free number that cannot be dialed from St. Vincent 
for victims' assistance to relay to the GOSVG.  In the end, the 
women were deported for violating immigration laws. 
 
 
 
SVG has the potential to be a country of transit and destination 
for persons, primarily young women, from the Dominican Republic, 
Guyana, Venezuela or other countries in the region, due mainly to 
the multi-island nation's border monitoring deficiencies.  There 
were no reports of trafficking victims within the country's borders 
during the reporting period.  Since being placed on the Tier 2 
Watchlist, the GOSVG has worked cooperatively with the Embassy to 
ensure that the country addresses the perceived weaknesses in its 
ability to combat trafficking in persons that resulted in its 
designation on the Tier 2 Watchlist.  Prime Minister Ralph 
Gonsalves spoke to former Assistant Secretary Shannon and wrote to 
the Secretary immediately following the release of the last Report, 
pledging to work with the USG on TIP issues and also requesting 
assistance from G/TIP on areas of concern to that office.  In 
August, 2009, a G/TIP consultant and Poloff met with GOSVG 
officials and local NGO representatives in St. Vincent, and found 
all interlocutors to be receptive on the possibility of receiving 
USG assistance for, inter alia, police training, legislative 
drafting and public awareness campaigns (ref D). 
 
 
 
-- C.  To what kind of conditions are the trafficking victims 
subjected? 
 
 
 
There were no reports of transnational or internal trafficking 
during the reporting period. 
 
 
 
-- D.  Vulnerability to TIP:  Are certain groups of persons more at 
risk of human trafficking (e.g. women and children, boys versus 
girls, certain ethnic groups, refugees, IDPs, etc.)?  If so, please 
specify the type of exploitation for which these groups are most at 
risk (e.g. girls are more at risk of domestic servitude than boys). 
 
 
 
Young women are vulnerable to trafficking for prostitution, but 
there is currently no evidence that they are being trafficked. 
Children are vulnerable to "transactional sexual abuse," in which 
the most common victims are teenage girls, with the perpetrators 
being mostly older men, but also from other teenage boys.  A 2009 
UNICEF Report, entitled "Perceptions of, Attitudes to and Opinions 
on Child Sexual Abuse in the Eastern Caribbean," concluded that 
transactional sex is a social phenomenon that is prevalent 
throughout the Eastern Caribbean, but did not uncover any cases 
specifically in SVG. 
 
 
 
-- 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 gain direct access to 
victims?  For example, are the traffickers recruiting victims 
through lucrative job offers?  Are victims sold by their families, 
or approached by friends of friends?  Are victims "self-presenting" 
(approaching the exploiter without the involvement of a recruiter 
or transporter)?  If recruitment or transportation is involved, 
what methods are used to recruit or transport 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 were no reports of TIP by the press, government or NGOs. 
Small business owners or establishments such as bars and/or 
brothels may offer women employment as prostitutes, however, there 
is no evidence any women have been trafficked against their will. 
There is no indication that employment, travel, and tourism 
agencies, or marriage brokers are involved in TIP. 
 
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PARA 26 - SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS 
 
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¶3. (SBU) 
 
 
 
-- A.  Does the government acknowledge that human trafficking is a 
problem in the country?  If not, why not? 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does not deny that TIP may occur in isolated incidents, 
but does not acknowledge that TIP is a problem, and there have been 
no reports of TIP during the reporting period.  The government was 
receptive in August, 2009 to re-evaluate TIP under G/TIP's broader 
definition and expressed willingness to educate the public sector 
and the general public about the broader TIP definition, with USG 
assistance. 
 
 
 
-- B.  Which government agencies are involved in efforts to combat 
sex and labor trafficking - including forced labor - and, which 
agency, if any, has the lead in these efforts? 
 
 
 
The police force and the Ministry of Mobilization and Social 
Development are the two primary government agencies dealing with 
any TIP issues.  The SVG Immigration Department is also in a 
position to play a key role.  The police have the lead in combating 
TIP as a law enforcement matter, typically as part of routine 
enforcement measures against prostitution.  The other ministries 
referenced are able to support potential TIP victims with 
assistance, but did not report any victims of TIP during the 
reporting period. 
 
 
 
-- C.  What are the limitations on the government's ability to 
address these problems 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? 
 
 
 
Nearly every government agency in SVG lacks sufficient funding and 
staffing resources.  The GOSVG has requested assistance from G/TIP 
to draft new TIP legislation, begin a TIP education program, and 
improve resources available to potential TIP victims. 
 
 
 
-- D.  To what extent dos 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? 
 
 
 
Through regular reports filed by the police, Immigration and 
Ministry of Mobilization and Social Development, the government is 
able to monitor regularly any anti-trafficking efforts taken.  Such 
efforts have previously been made public via local media outlets 
and conveyed privately, like those relayed to the Embassy directly, 
as referenced above. 
 
 
 
-- E.  What measures has the government taken to establish the 
identity of local populations, including birth registration, 
 
citizenship, and nationality? 
 
 
 
SVG has nation-wide registration, including the dissemination of 
national identification cards, with births universally registered. 
Citizenship and nationality are also identified via central 
registration techniques and issuance of citizenship documents such 
as passports. 
 
 
 
-- F.  To what extent is the government capable of gathering the 
data required for an in-depth assessment of law enforcement 
efforts?  Where are the gaps?  Are there any ways to work around 
these gaps? 
 
 
 
Given the GOSVG's budgetary and staffing constraints, in-depth data 
mining for law enforcement assessments could prove to be, at best, 
time-consuming.  However, SVG has recently secured a US $2.3 
million zero-interest World Bank loan to implement an Organization 
of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) regional e-government 
integration program that is designed, in part, to expand public 
administration services by helping to connect regional and national 
policy, strategy, legislation and related legal and regulatory 
frameworks.  Such a program could, inter alia, help close some of 
the potential data gathering gaps.  The GOSVG also requested 
assistance from G/TIP in August, 2009 to bridge those gaps. 
 
 
 
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PARA 27 - INVESTIGATION AND PROSCECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS 
 
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¶4. (SBU) 
 
 
 
-- A.  Existing Laws against TIP:  Does the country have a law or 
laws specifically prohibiting trafficking in 
persons -- both 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? 
 
While SVG does not yet have a comprehensive anti-trafficking law, 
it does use current anti-slavery, forced labor and forced 
prostitution laws to address potential TIP concerns.  SVG also has 
non-criminal statutes that allow for civil penalties against 
alleged trafficking crimes, including civil forfeiture laws.  While 
no trafficking cases were reported, such laws could be used in 
trafficking cases. 
 
 
 
-- B.  Punishment of Sex Trafficking Offenses:  What are the 
prescribed and imposed penalties for the trafficking of persons for 
commercial sexual exploitation, including for the forced 
prostitution of adults and the prostitution of children? 
 
 
 
SVG does not currently have a specific anti-trafficking law, but is 
planning to draft one with assistance from the USG.  Penalties for 
commercial sexual exploitation, including forced prostitution of 
 
adults and the prostitution of children are as follows: 
 
 
 
Section 130:  Causing or encouraging prostitution (or the 
commission of sexual intercourse or an indecent assault) with a 
girl under the age of 15 carries a maximum penalty of seven years' 
imprisonment. 
 
 
 
Section 131:  Causing prostitution of a woman (re:  any person who 
procures or attempts to procure a woman to become a prostitute in 
SVG or elsewhere; or to leave her usual place of abode in SVG for 
purposes of prostitution; or intending her to become an inmate or 
frequent a brothel) carries a maximum penalty of fourteen years' 
imprisonment. 
 
 
 
Section 132:  Detention in a brothel (including detaining a woman 
against her will on any premises with the intention that she shall 
have unlawful sexual intercourse) carries a maximum penalty of 
fourteen years' imprisonment. 
 
 
 
Section 133:  A man living on earnings of prostitution can be 
sentenced to a maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment. 
 
 
 
Section 134:  A woman exercising control over prostitution can be 
sentenced to a maximum of fourteen years' imprisonment. 
 
 
 
Similarly, sections 135 (living on earnings of a male prostitute); 
136 (keeping a brothel, managing a brothel or assisting in managing 
a brothel); 137 (letting premises for use as a brothel - whether as 
an owner, lessor, occupier, person in control, or agent) all carry 
a penalty of fourteen years' imprisonment. 
 
 
 
-- C.  Punishment of Labor Trafficking Offenses:  What are the 
prescribed and imposed penalties for labor trafficking offenses, 
including all forms of forced 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 
compelled service in the destination country?  If your country is a 
destination for labor migrants (legal/regular or 
illegal/irregular), are there laws punishing employers or labor 
agents who confiscate workers' passports or travel documents for 
the purpose of labor trafficking, switch contracts without the 
worker's consent as a means to keep the worker in a state of 
compelled service, or withhold payment of salaries as means of 
keeping the worker in a state of compelled service? 
 
The SVG Constitution provides in the protection of fundamental 
rights and freedoms provisions for "protection from slavery and 
forced labor."  Civil suits can be brought to court if any worker 
believes that his or her rights are being violated, have been 
violated, or is likely to be violated. 
 
 
 
There were no reports of TIP for labor exploitation, save for the 
one case in which the government investigated reports by juveniles 
who were caught in a police drug raid (ref E).  The juveniles 
claimed they were subjected to forced labor by criminals involved 
in the production and sale of illegal drugs.  Local prosecutors and 
police could not verify the claims and believe the juveniles 
fabricated the allegations to escape prosecution for the 
drug-related offenses, a conclusion the Embassy believes to be 
credible. 
 
 
 
-- D.  What are the prescribed penalties for rape or forcible 
sexual assault?  (NOTE:  This is necessary to 
 
evaluate a foreign government's compliance with TVPA Minimum 
Standard 2, which reads:  "For the knowing  commission of any act 
of sex trafficking ... the government of the country should 
prescribe punishment commensurate with that for grave crimes, such 
as forcible sexual assault (rape)."  END NOTE) 
 
The penalty for rape or forcible sexual assault is 10 years to life 
in prison. 
 
 
 
-- E.  Law Enforcement Statistics: Did the government take legal 
action 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 trafficking offenders 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).   What were the actual punishments imposed on 
convicted trafficking offenders? Are they serving the time 
sentenced?  If not, why not? 
 
 
 
The GOSVG did not prosecute any cases against human trafficking 
offenders during the reporting period.  SVG is not currently a 
labor destination country, and there were no cases of labor agents 
confiscating workers' travel documents. 
 
 
 
-- F.  Does the government provide any specialized training for law 
enforcement and immigration officials on identifying and treating 
victims of trafficking?  Or training on investigating and 
prosecuting human trafficking crimes?  Specify whether NGOs, 
international organizations, and/or the USG provide specialized 
training for host government officials. 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does not provide specialized training for government 
officials in how to recognize, investigate, and prosecute instances 
of trafficking.  However, government officials have attended 
regional counter-trafficking workshops coordinated by the 
International Organization for Migration (IOM).  No local NGO 
provides training to government officials at this time.  GOSVG and 
NGOs remain amenable to further training opportunities, and have 
requested assistance from G/TIP to provide such training. 
 
 
 
--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. 
 
 
 
As there were no TIP incidents during the reporting period, there 
are no such cases currently on record.  However, as with the 
situation described above concerning the discovery of persons 
attempting to transit SVG without proper documentation, the GOSVG 
did seek input  and information from Embassy entities as well as 
the governments of the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and the 
Dominican Republic. 
 
 
 
-- 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 GOSVG has never extradited or charged anyone with TIP-related 
crimes.  However, Immigration officials have confirmed that 
 
 
extradition could be a method used should such a situation arise. 
 
 
 
-- I.  Is there evidence of government involvement in or tolerance 
of trafficking, on a local or institutional level?  If so, please 
explain in detail. 
 
 
 
No, there is no such evidence of government involvement in or 
tolerance of trafficking, on a local or institutional level. 
 
 
 
-- J.  If government officials are involved in human trafficking, 
what steps has the government taken to end such complicity?  Please 
indicate the number of government officials investigated and 
prosecuted for involvement in trafficking or trafficking-related 
criminal activities 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 government officials are involved 
in TIP, and no government officials have been charged or prosecuted 
for TIP offenses. 
 
 
 
-- K.  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. 
 
 
 
SVG does not generally contribute troops to international 
peacekeeping efforts. 
 
 
 
-- L.  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? 
 
SVG does not have an identified problem of child sex tourists 
coming to the country. 
 
 
 
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PARA 28 - PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS 
 
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¶5. (SBU) 
 
 
 
-- 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 Ministry of Mobilization and Social Development, particularly 
its Gender Affairs division, is able to provide assistance to 
trafficking victims, including counseling and shelter in a battered 
women's shelter.  No TIP victims requested such assistance 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. 
 
 
 
SVG operates a battered women's shelter.  The GOSVG has indicated 
women who are victims of trafficking are welcome, however, there 
have been no reports of TIP victims using this shelter.  A local 
NGO, Marion House, provides victim care services that could be 
accessed by trafficking victims.  Foreign and domestic victims of 
trafficking have the same access to these services.  Children of 
women housed in the shelter would be housed with their mothers. 
Children without parents would usually be placed with relatives, 
and there is one facility for teenage boys.  There is no 
specialized care for males and females, and there are no facilities 
dedicated specifically to trafficking victims. 
 
 
 
-- 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 GOSVG does not provide direct access to legal and psychological 
services, but would provide medical services to TIP victims through 
the state-run hospital.  The GOSVG does provide some funding and 
space to the Marion House NGO. 
 
 
 
-- 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. 
 
 
 
Assistance is available to TIP victims, in terms of shelter and 
medical care.  These services are available to all victims of crime 
and are not specific to TIP victims. 
 
 
 
-- E.  Does the government provide longer-term shelter or housing 
benefits to victims or other resources to aid the victims in 
rebuilding their lives? 
 
Not applicable, as there were no reported TIP cases. 
 
-- 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)? 
 
 
 
Yes, a referral process through the Ministry of Mobilization and 
Social Development is in place. 
 
 
 
-- G.  What is the total number of trafficking victims identified 
during the reporting period?  (If available, please specify the 
type of exploitation of these victims - e.g. "The government 
identified X number of trafficking victims during the reporting 
period, Y or which were victims of trafficking for sexual 
exploitation and Z of which were victims of nonconsensual labor 
exploitation.)  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? 
 
Yes, the GOSVG's law enforcement, immigration, and social services 
personnel do have proactive systems in place to identify victims of 
trafficking.  These systems function at the air and sea ports as 
well as internally, through an at-risk identification program ran 
by the Ministry of Mobilization and Social Development. 
 
 
 
-- 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? 
 
As there were no reports of TIP victims, practical references 
cannot be cited.  Given the social welfare mechanisms in place, 
however, it can be assumed that TIP victims' rights would be 
respected and honored. 
 
 
 
-- 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? 
 
As there were no reports of TIP victims, practical references 
cannot be cited. 
 
 
 
-- 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). 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does not currently provide specialized TIP training to 
any of its officials or embassies, apart from the identification 
techniques employed by its law enforcement, immigration, and social 
service personnel.  The GOSVG has signaled its willingness to take 
advantage of outside training opportunities that could reinforce 
its officials' knowledge in the area.  There were no reports of TIP 
victims during the reporting period.  In November, GOSVG police and 
immigration officials participated in USG-sponsored training in St. 
Kitts and Nevis.  GOSVG immigration officials also participated in 
IOM-sponsored regional training on TIP awareness and prevention 
techniques around the same time. 
 
 
 
-- L.  Does the government provide assistance, such as medical aid, 
shelter, or financial help, to its 
nationals who are repatriated as victims of trafficking? 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does not provide any special services specific to 
repatriated TIP victims.  Rather, if SVG nationals that are also 
TIP victims are repatriated, there are nominal social services 
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? 
 
 
 
While no trafficking victims were identified during the reporting 
period, the SVGHRA, Marion House, Guadeloupe Home for At-risk Girls 
and Liberty Lodge Training Center for At-risk Boys are local NGOs 
that could provide victim assistance.  All, apart from the SVGHRA, 
receive limited assistance from the GOSVG.  These organizations, 
especially Marion House, can provide counseling and shelter to TIP 
victims. 
 
 
 
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PARA 29 - PREVENTION 
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¶6. (SBU) 
 
 
 
-- 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)? 
(Note: This can be an especially noteworthy effort where 
prostitution is legal.  End Note.) 
 
 
 
The GOSVG did not conduct anti-trafficking information or education 
campaigns during the reporting period, but is amenable to doing so. 
The Prime Minister made the first-ever address to parliament on TIP 
issues, following the release of the 2009 Report, and requested USG 
assistance in establishing a mechanism for educating the public 
sector and the general public about TIP. 
 
 
 
-- B.  Does the government monitor immigration and emigration 
 
patterns for evidence of trafficking? 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does monitor immigration and emigration patters for 
evidence of trafficking to the best of its ability. 
 
 
 
-- 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? 
 
 
 
SVG does not have a multi- or inter-agency task force dedicated 
solely to trafficking-related matters, but does communicate 
effectively internally and with other governments on other issues 
of related importance, including immigration violations, forced 
labor, forced prostitution and child prostitution. 
 
 
 
-- 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 current TIP-specific national plan in place.  The GOSVG 
requested assistance from G/TIP in August, 2009 to create such a 
plan. 
 
 
 
-- E:  Required of all Posts:  What measures has the government 
taken during the reporting period to reduce the demand for 
commercial sex acts? (please see ref B, para. 9(3) for examples) 
 
 
 
The GOSVG undertakes routine action to halt prostitution as part of 
its regular law enforcement responsibilities. 
 
 
 
-- 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 in international child sex 
tourism by nationals of SVG. 
 
 
 
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PARA 30 - PARTNERSHIPS 
 
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¶7. (SBU) 
 
 
 
-- A.  Does the government engage with other governments, civil 
society, and/or multilateral 
organizations to focus attention and devote resources to addressing 
human trafficking?  If so, please provide details. 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does not currently engage with other governments, civil 
society, and/or multilateral organizations to focus attention and 
devote resources to address human trafficking specifically. 
Rather, the GOSVG does approach regional governments and 
 
institutions regularly on issue of related importance, including 
immigration and other law enforcement matters. 
 
 
 
-- B.  What sort of international assistance does the government 
provide to other countries to address TIP? 
 
 
 
The GOSVG does not currently provide any international assistance 
to other countries to address TIP. 
 
 
 
¶8. (U) The Embassy point of contact is Poloff Jamal A. Al-Mussawi, 
who can be reached at Al-MussawiJA@state.gov 
 ; 246-227-4237 (office); 
246-227-4174 (fax).  The approximate number of hours spent by the 
FS-03 drafter was 40; FS-01 clearer, 8; and OC approver, 4. 
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