Thread: Man accused of transporting illegal immigrants to Florida

Originally Posted by winknews.com

Alex Olivares, human trafficking program director for Catholic Charities Diocese of Venice, says, "it can be leading to trafficking or can just be smuggling, I hear about something like this and automatically I get concerned. A situation like that, someone is transported somewhere under false pretenses, they're told they're going to be going to work and that's when they're most vulnerable to being victimized."

He says there's a difference between smuggling and trafficking. With smuggling, "it's a business transaction and usually it's one and done, here's $4,000..I'll pay you the money and you cross me over and we go our separate ways. Trafficking theres the elements of force, fraud, and coerision."

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Alex Olivares, human trafficking program director for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, makes the distinction: "trafficking or can just be smuggling." Now that we have the televised legal opinion of Alex Olivares, human trafficking program director for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice, distinguishing "trafficking" (bad, evil, criminal, even) from "smuggling" (not so much - travelers usually walk with misdemeanors - it's how the rest of us got here), we can plan an itinerary with confidence. If you have a problem, just contact Alex Olivares, human trafficking program director for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice. It's usually just because you thought could stiff your coyote, and you didn't pay the full $4000, but we can get that all straightened out now, can't we? I can't give you his phone number, but once you get in the vicinity of Venice/Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda/Ft. Myers/Cape Coral, try looking him up in the phone book... that's Alex Olivares, human trafficking program director for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice. Just don't tell him I sent you, because I'd never do that.

Originally Posted by Alex Olivares, human trafficking program director for Catholic Charities, Diocese of Venice

"Florida is prime ground for trafficking and smuggling. We have a lot of rural areas and a lot of agriculture. There's a need for manual labor for that agriculture. I-75 is a good area to transport people because it's rural, there's not a lot of lights, you can travel without really stopping anywhere."

That sounds exactly like a recruiting spiel for los extranjeros ilegales. Perhaps the U.S. Chamber of Commerce could have it translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and Arabic, add some pretty Florida scenery (the Gulf Coast, Disneyworld, south Miami beaches, no orange groves), and have it printed on color brochures and weatherproof posters for distribution and posting at strategic pickup points in Matamoros, Reynosa, Nuevo Laredo, and Monterrey. Be sure to pay the man who has la playa (who "owns the waterfront"), the bad man, before posting in Nuevo Laredo, though, and don't linger.