A WOMAN WAS AMONG THREE PERSONS WHO WERE GRANTED BAIL BY AN ARIMA MAGISTRATE ON CHARGES OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND GANG AFFILIATION ARISING OUT OF A POLICE RAID AT A PROPERTY AT NETTO TERRACE, OFF THE EASTERN MAIN ROAD IN ARIMA. • THE ACCUSED ARE 49-YEAR-OLD ROD WILLIS; 21-YEAR-OLD NATHALY GOMEZ LEANDRES; AND 45-YEAR-OLD ATIBA RICHARDS. THEY WERE EACH GRANTED $500,000 BAIL BY AN ARIMA MAGISTRATE TO COVER THE ALLEGED CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE TTPS ON WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE, THE ACCUSED WERE EACH CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BEING A GANG LEADER AND ONE COUNT OF TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN.• LEANDRES AND RICHARDS WERE ADDITIONALLY CHARGED WITH INCITING A CHILD TO BECOME A PROSTITUTE AND FACILITATING CHILD PROSTITUTION, WHILE RICHARDS FACED A SEPARATE CHARGE OF SEXUAL PENETRATION OF A CHILD.
AS A CONDITION OF BAIL, THEY ARE TO REPORT TO THE POLICE STATION CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE ONCE PER WEEK BETWEEN 6AM AND 6PM. • THE ACCUSED WERE AMONG FIVE INDIVIDUALS ARRESTED BY A TEAM OF OFFICERS IN THE ARIMA DISTRICT ON SATURDAY 4TH JUNE, 2022, IN CONNECTION WITH AN ALLEGED HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CHILD PROSTITUTION RING.
