' + activeFrame.title + ' '); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("add_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("remove_caption"); } else { // alert("hide div"); $(".fotorama-caption").addClass("remove_caption"); $(".fotorama-caption").removeClass("add_caption"); } }) .fotorama(); UN urges regional countries to help stop trafficking in persons Friday, July 30, 2021 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Caribbean countries are observing World Day against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) on Friday even as the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, warns that in the midst of a global pandemic, accompanied by rising inequalities and economic devastation, the voices of human trafficking survivors and victims risk being drowned out. “But listening to their stories is more crucial than ever as the COVID-19 crisis increases fragilities and drives up desperation. As many as 124 million more people have been pushed into extreme poverty by the pandemic, leaving many millions vulnerable to trafficking,” he said in a message to mark the occasion.