A FORTY-nine-year-old businessman was on Tuesday remanded to prison after being charged with Trafficking in Person, following investigations led by the Guyana Police Force’s Trafficking in Persons Unit.
The accused, Alvin Parag, of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, and Alberttown, Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Diamond Magistrates’ Court.
He pleaded not guilty to allegations that he trafficked a 31-year-old female foreign national between March 29 and June 7, 2025, at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
Prosecutors strongly objected to bail, and the application was subsequently denied. Magistrate Latchman ordered that Parag be remanded to prison until October 6, 2025, when the matter is expected to continue with statements and disclosure.
Parag was arrested on September 19, 2025, after investigators pursued reports of trafficking involving the victim.
In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs, through the Secretariat of the Inter-Agency Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons, expressed gratitude to the Guyana Police Force’s Trafficking in Persons Unit, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, and the C-TIP Unit of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security for their collaboration in advancing the case.
The Ministry reaffirmed its commitment to working with stakeholders to strengthen the fight against human trafficking in Guyana.