The Guyana Government needs to take on the crime of human trafficking frontally and declare that it is a serious problem in the country and one that it intends to tackle. This would ensure that the country’s lawmen view it as a crime which needs to be seriously investigated, outgoing US Ambassador Brent Hardt has said.
Hardt, who also called for more resources to be given to the area not only to provide for the protection and reintegration of victims but also to train lawmen and frontline staff at the various ministries, said that it is important for the government to embrace the issue as a challenge that it is determined to tackle working together with all stakeholders.
However, he said the US State Department Trafficking in Person (TIP) reports on Guyana are being seen as recrimination, in