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The Case Of Keyur, It’s Complicated, Apparently
posted (November 16, 2017)
More than 6 weeks after they were brought back to Belize as fugitives, there have been no criminal charges against Keyur Barot and Jitendra Kumar. The Indian nationals are former employees of Jack Charles. He accused Barot of the theft of sixty thousand dollars and his vehicle. But, today police confirmed that no charges can be brought because the man have alleged that they are victims of human trafficking:...

ACP Joseph Myvette, Head - NCIB
"The matter remains under investigation because there were some allegations of trafficking in persons. As a consequence of that, any person who is deemed to be a victim of trafficking in persons, any other charges in relation to them, criminal charges will be in abeyance until such is proved that they are not victims of trafficking in persons."

Jules Vasquez, reporter
"Is there some point at which you all said, well okay, we still have a criminal case pending for quite a substantial theft of $60,000?"

ACP Joseph Myvette
"The thing is that trafficking of persons investigation is not an overnight thing. Some of them are very lengthy and based on the tasking related to the case is a lengthy one, but we're doing our best to speed up the process."

Charles has flatly denied any wrongdoing - and says he has records to prove that the men were not denied their freedoms when they worked for him.

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