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InSight Crime: Human Trafficking Network Dismantled in Panama

Written by Parker Asmann

InSight Crime: Human Trafficking Network Dismantled in Panama

The three Nicaraguans were each sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Panama court July 13, for leading a human trafficking network in the country that exploited the labor of 11 fellow Nicaraguans, El Nuevo Diario reported.

One of the group's members, Rosa María Ortega Rivera, was allegedly in charge of purchasing roundtrip plane tickets for the workers and providing them with $500, the minimum amount tourists need to enter Panama, according to El Nuevo Diario. 

Out of economic necessity, the group of workers allegedly came to Panama from Nicaragua after being promised construction work and a monthly salary of $600. But after arriving in October 2013, the group was instead forced to work long hours without pay, and to sleep in a cold, dirty warehouse with little access to food, according to El Nuevo Diario.

The conviction comes four years after some of the workers filed an initial complaint with Panamanian authorities in 2013. Read more

Category:News
Country:Panama
Language:English
Year:2017
Institution:InSight Crime
Author:Parker Asmann
Categories: News
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