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Cops Charged With Extortion, Not Human Trafficking
posted (October 12, 2016)

Last week we told you about two police officers who were pending charges related to human trafficking.  Well tonight we can report that two officers have been charged not for human trafficking, but extortion. 

They are Corporal Clifford Alvarez and P.C Johnny Coba. They were both charged for extortion and received bail of $5,000 each plus surety of same amount. They are not to interfere with witnesses and report to station every Friday between 8am and 5pm.

Best information is that they did not facilitate human traffic, but extorted a the owner of an establishment who may have employed illegal or trafficked persons.  Police Minister Hulse said they still brought disrepute to their profession:…

Hon. Godwin Hulse - Minister of Police
"When the defender becomes of the offender then we have a serious situation to deal with and I think that is why the police have moved the dispatch to try to deal with this one and to put the maximum chargers against those officers who have violated the public's trust, the institution's trust, the department's trust and their own trust."

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