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Pilot, Orlando Charles to be charged with 16 counts of human trafficking
Kaieteur News – Orlando Charles, a 45-year-old Pilot and Businessman of Lot 45 Middle Street, Georgetown, is to be charged by ranks of the Guyana Police Force’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Unit, with 16 counts of Trafficking in Persons, Contrary to Section 3(1)(i) of the Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, No. 2 of 2005.
Orlando Charles
In a press release last night the Guyana Police Force said Charles, between 1st November 2022 and 18th May 2023, trafficked 16 Venezuelan nationals between the Mazaruni River in Region 7 and Georgetown.
The victims reported the matter to the Guyana Police Force, and members of the Trafficking in Persons Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department immediately conducted an investigation.
Following the investigation, legal advice was given by the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) for Charles to be charged with 16 counts of Trafficking in Persons.
“The Guyana Police Force’s TIP Unit, in efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons, will continue to work with other stakeholders to conduct intelligence-led operations, spot inspections, awareness, and training in every region of Guyana,” the release concluded.
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He is working those ppl and not paying dem I was working with him he owes me a hole month now and wen I call him he always busy and he got a office to pay his workers at he could just tell me where to go and collect my money but he rader fool around and work out ppl for free he got more than 80 Venezuelans in there and nun of dem is getting payed to worked with him