The Guardian A stray dog dug in the sand under an old wooden cart, and four corbeaux stood calmly nearby on deserted Columbus Bay, last Monday. One weather-beaten pirogue was tied to a coconut tree on the beach. Three “islands” stood side by side in the bay, a short distance from the shore. Columbus Bay, and Icacos Bay nearby, at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Trinidad, are some five miles from Venezuela, and reportedly the closest points to that South American country.
These are two of the areas on the south coast where it is being alleged that humans are trafficked into and out of the country and other unlawful activities are conducted under the cover of darkness. An ongoing investigation into claims of human trafficking in T&T took the Sunday Guardian to this area, last Monday, and some interesting information was unearthed. Peaceful and quiet by day, Columbus Bay becomes the scene of clandestine, illegal activities by night, residents of the area claim. They told easily about Venezuelan and Colombian women who were brought illegally into the country through here and Icacos Bay, and taken to brothels across the country.
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