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Para 34) On 26 September 2001, Barbados signed on to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Particularly Women and Children, as an addendum to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organised Crime. Consequently, a Sex Crimes and Trafficking Unit (SCTU) has been established, since 2013, within the Barbados Police Service’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) and the Trafficking in Persons Prevention Act 2016-9 was passed.
Para 82) Barbados’ statute books currently carry the following pieces of legislation governing violence against children and the administration of justice: … Sexual Offences Act – this Act, and its 2016 amendment, seeks to protect children against acts of sexual violence;
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Para 23) The European Centre for Law and Justice (ECLJ) noted that the Caribbean had been identified as a source, transit and destination region for human trafficking, and victims were trafficked through Barbados and other Caribbean islands, along with countries in Latin America; however, the full extent of sex trafficking in Barbados was largely unknown because victims often went unnoticed in the Caribbean because of a lack of information and limited training among law enforcement officials.
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Para 26) CRC was concerned at the high level of internal trafficking of children, and that Barbados was a source and destination country for trafficking of children for labour and sexual exploitation.
Para 53) CRC remained concerned that the legislation of Barbados did not provide strong protection against child sexual abuse.