crime and security
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Crime and security ‘continues to pose a threat’ to region says CARICOM Secretary-General
“It (Crime) continues to pose a threat to our community, it is not just a national issue for individual member states, it’s a regional one and hence it demands a regional solution,” CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said. According to Ambassador LaRocque, the issue of crime and security is top among the three broad areas that are up for discussion…
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CARICOM arrest warrant treaty by year end
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Thursday July 7, 2016 – People who commit crimes in one CARICOM nation and flee to another will soon be unable to outrun the long arms of the law. CARICOM Chairman, Dominica’s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says regional leaders have agreed to have an arrest warrant treaty in place before the end of this year. “The arrest warrant…
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Drug Commanders meet to combat illegal drugs, firearms
The number of individuals interdicted for illegal substances has increased by as much as 50 per cent across Barbados and the region. Attorney General, Adriel Brathwaite, made this point, while calling on drug commanders from across the region and the Organization of American States to put their collective heads together to see how the region can overcome the challenges presently…
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CARICOM, Italy sign cooperation agreement
CARICOM and Italy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on cooperation in areas of mutual interest, Thursday. CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Italy’s Special Envoy for the Countries of the Caribbean, Paolo Serpi signed the document on the sidelines of the UN Climate Change conference, COP 21 in Paris, France. The MOU is expected to strengthen political, scientific…
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Caribbean Region Needs To Focus On The Well-being Of Its Citizens, Says Minister Of National Security
The safety and security of citizens is of grave importance and there is a call for countries in the region to shift from traditional concepts of state security to a broader multi-dimensional concept that focuses on citizen security and safety and well-being of Caribbean citizens, said Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris, Prime Minister and Minister of National Security. The Prime…
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CBSI Technical Working Group on crime prevention convenes in Jamaica next week
The CARICOM Secretariat, in collaboration with the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) will convene a Technical Working Group (TWG) on crime prevention next week. The working group will be in Jamaica from November 3-5 to examine the development of cross-cutting, comprehensive, and regional approaches to crime prevention by focusing on at-risk youth and vulnerable populations. The group will also facilitate prioritisation and sequencing of CBSI…
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Trinidadian company assists St. Kitts-Nevis Police
The Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (RSCNPF) has had its crime-fighting capacity beefed up with the donation of a master of biohazard evidence collection forensic kit donated by Amalgamated Security Services Ltd (ASSL) of Trinidad and Tobago. During a brief ceremony at Government Headquarters in the parliamentary lounge on September 11, Dr. Maurice Aboud, Chief Forensic and Criminalistic…
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PM Warns Of Crime’s Threat To Economy
CRIME and security risks “rank high among the principal threats and obstacles” to growth in the region, Prime Minister Perry Christie told the CARICOM-US Summit in Kingston, Jamaica yesterday, stressing that Caribbean countries value the support of the United States in this area. #Mr Christie, the current chair of CARICOM, addressed US President Barack Obama who was present for the…
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Youth on Youth Violence in the Caribbean: CARICOM/Spain Pilot Project to reduce risk factors
A Pilot Project to reduce youth on youth violence, particularly in schools, currently underway, is increasingly receiving positive feedback and buy-in from target audiences and stakeholders alike in five CARICOM Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago. In the approximately seven months since implementation commenced, the project has yielded an assessment…
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Tobago Readies New Anti-Crime Plan
Tobago’s government is planning a new push to combat crime, according to Chief Secretary Orville London. The new plan involves more cameras, the creation of a canine unit and greater surveillance at ports of entry, London said. The plan, drafted by Tobago’s Assistant Commissioner of Police, Brian Headley, also dealt with the question of manpower in the police service. London…
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