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Many have become in essence private investigators, tracking down clients they haven’t seen in years.

The minister had said there was no such thing as "beggars" in Cuba and people going through rubbish were, in essence, doing so out of choice to make "easy money", as she put it.

“The Feels is, in essence, about getting past all that — and quickly,” Hoffman said.

Further, it claims in essence that because it has rid itself of custody that there is nothing that can be done.

“That’s in essence how we are able to continue the work that we need to do.”