By LEANDRA ROLLETribune Staff Reporterlrolle@tribunemedia.netFOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell defended the country’s efforts to counter human smuggling after an American newspaper highlighted the problem. In an article published last week, The Washington Post depicted human smuggling as the latest illicit activity gaining prominence in The Bahamas, following periods of drug and alcohol smuggling and piracy. The Post’s journalists spoke of alleged smugglers who claimed that getting involved in human smuggling in the Bahamas is easy. There is no way, shape or form, countenance is the smuggling of people to the United States of America.”Mr Mitchell said human smuggling in The Bahamas is a structural issue given the country’s location between the United States and Haiti. Meanwhile, Royal Bahamas Defence Force Commodore Raymond King acknowledged that human smuggling remains a vexing issue in the country.

Source: Washington Post August 02, 2023 01:08 UTC