US PARTNER WITH JAMAICA TO FIGHT HUMAN TRAFFICKING

KINGSTON, Jamaica –The United States Government has provided US$4.5 million (J$540m) to support a local initiative aimed at significantly denting the incidence of human trafficking, especially as it affects children in Jamaica.

A Child Protection Compact Partnership memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the US and Jamaica was signed yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in New Kingston by Permanent Secretary Marcia Gilbert-Roberts and Eric Khant, charge d’affaires of the United States (US) Embassy in Jamaica. http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20180601/us-partner-jamaica-fight-human-trafficking