A couple who are charged with allegedly trafficking their 16-year old daughter for sexual purposes in 2018 have been remanded in custody.
The father is facing separate charges of allegedly raping his daughter while a foreign national is also under investigation for his alleged involvement in the trafficking case.
The case has been transferred to the Suva High Court.
Police say the businessman in his 40s and his wife in her late 30s allegedly trafficked their daughter for sexual purposes to a foreign national.
The businessman is alleged to have also raped his daughter on two different occasions in 2012 and 2018.
Following consultations with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Police say the two were jointly charged with one count of domestic trafficking of a child Contrary to Section 117(1)(a)(b)(c)(i) of the Crimes Act 2009.
The child’s father has also been charged with two counts of rape.
Investigators from the Criminal Investigations Department are also liaising with foreign law enforcement partners with regards to the foreign national.
The matter will be called next Thursday in the Suva High Court.
