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Home for Trafficked Girls Opens in Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic (Mission Network News) In the Dominican Republic, adult prostitution is legal, but it easily opens the door to a world of sex slavery. Actually, out of all the countries in the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic has the highest rate of human trafficking.

In fact, a lot of young women and girls are brought across the border from Haiti into the Dominican Republic for this reason.

It’s a sad truth that’s been encouraged by both the deep poverty in these two countries and the high tourism the Dominican Republic experiences.

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