Two men accused of selling girl in Jamaican hotel

Two men have been accused of human trafficking in Jamaica after allegedly trying to sell a 14 year old girl as a sex slave to a client in a exclusive hotel in New Kingston. It is alleged that Jamaicans Norcott Lloyd Graham and Agon Stephens tried to sell the girl to a man in a hotel room for US$900. The client, however, was an undercover agent from the US, investigating the trafficking of children into sexual exploitation. The agent contacted the Jamaican Organised Crime Unit and a sting operation was set up. The men deny the charges. 

Jamaica has, according to the US trafficking in Persons report 2006, made some modest improvements in combating the trafficking of people, but remains on the “watch list” as it continues to be a source country for women and children being trafficked into sexual exploitation and also a destination for women from the Dominican Republic and also Eastern Europe. It was found that corruption prevented many convictions in the area of human trafficking.