Belize City, Belize, Belize
According the Magistrates Court, fifty-four year old naturalized Belizean, Narciza Orellana of Santa Elena Town was found guilty on January 31, 2012 of Attempted Trafficking in Persons. Chief Magistrate Ann Marie Smith sentenced Orellana to eighteen months in prison. The charge is in relation to an incident on April 26, 2010 when Orellana attempted to recruit a female minor with intentions to use her as a commercial sex worker.
Location
Belize · Belize City, Belize · 2012 (location generalized to protect survivors)
Response & intervention
The case was prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Cheryl-Lynn Vidal. The court release assures that the Magistracy Department, the police department and D.P.P.’s office are putting every effort forward to fight human trafficking in Belize.
Victim emancipation and aftercare, if any was unreported.
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