Office of Highway Safety Urges USVI To Be On The Look Out For Human Traffickers

FREDERIKSTED — The Virgin Islands Police Department/Office of Highway Safety’s Federal Motor
Carrier Assistance Program Unit notifies the community of human trafficking incidences
occurring in our islands.

“We are urging all commercial vehicle operators and owners to join the community in being vigilant, calling 911, and reporting all suspicious behavior to law enforcement agencies for investigation,” VIPD spokeswoman Kishma Chichester said. “Any person regardless of age, gender identity, race, and social circumstances can be targeted by human traffickers.”

Remember, if you see something, say something! “Make The Call and Save Lives.”

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John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.