Laritza Diversent
Laritza Diversent, Translator: Unstated
The Tunas Court on February 25, recognized in its Ruling No, 92 that
young Cubans "are dazzled in the presence of a foreigner, seeing the
possibilities of fashionable clothes and shoes and visiting historic
sites," in a case having to do with human trafficking.
Seven people from Las Tunas were sanctioned by the court for renting,
without authorization, space in their home to an Italian who had sex
with five young people, 2 who were 16, one 18, between 2005 and 2010.
The ages of the others were not mentioned.
The Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, in
June 2000, invited the government to expand its official programs
through which Cubans could achieve economic independent, as a way of
eliminating the need for prostitution.
The initial indictment was for the crime of pimping and human
trafficking, although only three of those implicated were fund guilt by
the court. The rest were fined for illegal economic activity. The owners
who sentenced administratively also faced the demand for the
confiscation of their homes.
The main players were arrested at the end of March 2010. Weeks later,
the authorities found the body of a 12-year-old girl, apparently
murdered, in Granma province. The case circulated in the media at the
beginning of February of this year. Following the death of the minor 3
Italian citizens at least 12 residents of the eastern territory were
detained.
Following the discovery of the body, the police authorities unleashed a
major operation in Bayamo concentrating on the residents of that city
who rented their homes to foreigners, the majority of which were
confiscated.
The preliminary investigation didn't mention the Italian citizens who
were arrested barely two weeks later, nor the links between Lillian and
the foreigners. However, the popular version of the events suggested
that the minor visited a rental house where the foreigners were having a
party, and there she consumed quantities of alcohol and drugs.
In June 2010 the United States reaffirmed Cuba as a country that
traffics in persons. The American government, from 2003, has included
Cuba on the black list for "not meeting the minimum parameters for the
elimination of human trafficking and not making significant efforts to
this effect," it said in its report.
The island is "principally a source of human trafficking of children,
particularly for their commercial exploitation within the country." The
country to the north is concerned because prostitution is legal for
children of 16 and 17. In the Cuban legal code there is special
protection for children under 14 with regards to the crimes of pimping
and human trafficking.
The international committee, which provides protection to females, also
recommended that the Island government delve into the causes of
prostitution and the impact of adopted preventative and rehabilitative
measures, in order to make them more effective.
Cuba actively prosecutes prostitutes, mostly young, under the crime of
pre-criminal dangerousness. In the majority of cases, for their
rehabilitation, they are subject to correctional work with internment in
farms. The age of criminal liability on the island is 16. In this case
the court did not rule on the matter.
April 10 2011
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