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Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) - Trinidad and Tobago (RATIFICATION: 1963)

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Articles 1(1) and 2(1) of the Convention. Trafficking in persons. The Committee notes that the Trafficking in Persons Act was adopted in 2011. Section 16 of the Act prohibits trafficking in persons, and perpetrators are liable on conviction to a fine of not less than 500,000 Trinidad and Tobago dollars (TTD) and imprisonment of not less than 15 years. The Committee requests the Government to provide, in its next report, information on the application in practice of the Trafficking in Persons Act, including the number of investigations, prosecutions, convictions and the specific penalties applied.

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