(Trinidad Express) Anthony Smith, 30, was yesterday rearrested and slapped with 21 charges involving human trafficking, child prostitution and assault.
Among the charges is that of recruiting a child within Trinidad and Tobago for the purpose of trafficking under section 18 of the Trafficking in Persons Act.
This section states: A person who—(a) recruits, transports, transfers or receives a child into or within Trinidad and Tobago; (b) harbours a child in Trinidad and Tobago; or (c) recruits, transports or transfers a child from Trinidad and Tobago to another jurisdiction, for the purpose of exploitation, commits the offence of trafficking in children and is liable on conviction on indictment to a fine of not less than one million dollars and imprisonment for not less than 20 years.