Monetary Allocation for Anti-Trafficking Efforts

Brief Description

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) allocated 34.8 million Jamaican dollars (US$272,470) for anti-trafficking efforts in fiscal year 2017-2018. The Ministry Of National Security (MNS) spent 813,000 Jamaican dollars ($US6,350) toward anti-trafficking prevention efforts in fiscal year 2016-2017, which is more than 12 million Jamaican dollars (US$93,750) for both victim assistance and protection in 2017, compared with 6.3 million Jamaican dollars (US$49,220) for solely victim assistance in 2016 and 13 million Jamaican dollars (US$107,100) for victim assistance in 2015.