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Venezuelan woman charged for trafficking females

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Andreina Jimenez

Twenty-seven-year-old Andreina Jimenez was on Monday granted bail in the sum of $1 million after she denied trafficking three females and withholding one of their documents.

Jimenez, a resident of Robb Street, Georgetown appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court 5.

The charges were read to her by acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty.

She pleaded not guilty to three counts of Trafficking in Persons charge which was laid contrary to Section 4(1)(a) of the Combating of Trafficking in Persons Act, No. 7 of 2023.

For each of this charge, bail granted in the sum of $300,000.

Jimenez was also charged for unlawfully withholding identification documents.

She also pleaded not guilty and was placed on $100,000 bail.

Police Headquarters said the charges stemmed from an investigation into the alleged Trafficking in Persons committed against four females between 1st May 2024 and August 2024.

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