About 5 hours ago, Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney tweets reference to Feb 5 2017 tweet from Glenn Beck: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C7SCEsbVoAAaeI5.jpg

"Too strange: Glenn Beck tweets a warning; 9 adults found trafficking 31 Haitian women, girls; now the 9 are..."

She then links to this article translated below by Google.

The GARR has learned with amazement the release of the 9 suspected traffickers involved in human trafficking in Kaliko Beach, where 31 girls, 20 of whom were found to be locked up in a room in the hotel, on 5 February, 2017.

An important operation, it will be recalled, had been carried out by the Haitian security forces, which rescued these little girls from the hands of the criminals. The police authorities had locked up the persons involved at the request of Danton Léger, Government Commissioner at the Tribunal de Première Instance, Port-au-Prince.

Products such as marijuana, cocaine or other narcotics were seized. A laptop full of child pornography that featured minors had also been noticed in the room occupied by the traffickers, explained Danton Léger in a press statement.

The GARR is surprised that these people who have been trafficked have been easily freed without justice for minors who have been recruited, transported and housed for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Whereas the Government Commissioner had reported flagrante delicto.

It should be emphasized that the Act of 2 June 2014 governing trafficking in persons, which was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Haiti, Le Moniteur, in particular Articles 11 and 12, stipulates that:

"Everyone convicted of trafficking in persons as defined in Article 1.1 commits a crime and is liable to imprisonment for seven (7) to fifteen (15) years and a fine of two hundred thousand (200,000 ) To one million five hundred thousand Gourdes (1,500,000 Gdes) ". (Article 11)

"Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain the sexual services of others knowing that the latter is a victim of trafficking commits a crime liable to imprisonment and the payment of a fine of fifty thousand (50,000) to one hundred thousand Gourdes (100,000 Gdes) ". (Article 12)

Condemning the behavior of the Haitian judicial authorities for hesitating to enforce the law, GARR pleads for its immediate application.

He also denounced the fact that no assistance was provided to the minor victims or any support given to their parents.

It reminds the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons (CNLTP) that it is the sole State institution with the responsibility to guarantee the protection of victims of trafficking and to ensure that criminals are prosecuted Justice.