May 6, 2013 -- The Organization of American States (OAS) through the Secretariat of Multidimensional Security (SMS) and the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) released today the report “Latin American and Caribbean Cybersecurity Trends and Government Responses.”

March 31, 2013 - The government of Barbados signed an agreement with the Organization of American States (OAS) to implement a pilot Drug Treatment Court project to promote judicially supervised treatment alternatives to incarceration for drug dependent offenders.

Oct. 1, 2012 - Although several contraband flows affect the region, the paramount crime issue is cocaine trafficking, the groups empowered by it, and the violence associated with this flow. This study finds that while cocaine trafficking has undeniably catalyzed violence in some areas, the security problem in the region is much deeper, rooted in weak governance and powerful sub-state actors.

Port-of-Spain - August 1, 2012 - For the second time in four years, this country will have an acting Police Commissioner in the person of Stephen Williams, 51, who will serve a six-month term, beginning on August 7, the Police Service Commission (PSC) announced yesterday. Williams is due to take up office on that date and will serve until January 31, 2013.

Port-of-Spain - July 31, 2012 - Canadian-born Trinidad and Tobago Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs and his compatriot Deputy Commissioner Jack Ewatski have resigned with more than a year of their three-year contracts remaining. Their resignation letters were dated July 26, 2012 and they take effect on August 7.

Georgetown - July 20, 2012 - One day after a clash between police and protestors in Linden left three dead and several public and private buildings razed, President Donald Ramotar and a team of government officials engaged Opposition political party members and key stakeholders at the national and regional levels in talks.

Nassau - May 5, 2012 -We wish to bring it to the attention of the Bahamian people that the Prime Minister is aware of a major scandal involving a member of his cabinet and involving millions of dollars in taxpayers’ money.  It is so bad that the Prime Minister had to intervene in March to instruct the Secretary to the Cabinet to have the contracts in question cancelled. But the Prime Minister still has not taken any action against the minister. Nor has the Prime Minister said anything about this matter to the public. The minister in question is the Minister of Tourism, Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace.

Feb. 14, 2012 - Representatives from the United Kingdom (UK) and the Caribbean have agreed to establish a UK/Caribbean Expertise Exchange Mechanism, to further collaborate in the fight against drugs and international crime.

Port of Spain, 8 February 2012 – Violent crime has become the main challenge facing Caribbean countries, warns the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 launched here today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Port of Spain --Feb. 8, 2012 -- Violent crime in the Caribbean can be overcome if a right mix of policies and programmes is carried out to prevent violence, according to the first Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) here today.

Nov. 25, 2011 - In this three month period my Government's focus has been on the protection of life and property. We have seized over 1.5 billion dollars in drugs, the largest single "drug bust" worth over 55 million dollars. We are hurting them in their pockets.

Port-of-Spain -- Nov. 24, 2011 - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expected to address the nation today in the aftermath of the arrests of five persons detained in connection with information that they along with others plotted to assassinate her and two government ministers.

Nov. 21, 2011 - The highest authorities of Public Security in the Americas Nov. 20 concluded their meeting in Port of Spain with the adoption of a series of concrete recommendations to strengthen police training and use of new technologies in the hemisphere. The recommendations will be communicated to the Heads of State at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, to be held in Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) in April 2012.

We, the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda; The Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; the Commonwealth of Dominica; the Dominican Republic; Grenada; the Coo-operative Republic of Guyana; the Republic of Haiti; Jamaica; St. Kitts and Nevis; Saint Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; the Republic of Suriname; the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago; and the United States of America,  jointly pledge to work together in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect to – strengthen the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) security structure and institutions, such as the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), and improve ties between CARICOM and the Dominican Republic...

Port-of-Spain -- Nov. 8, 2011 - The Curfew is over on Trinidad and Tobago soil and sea,” said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. “The state of emergency remains, under continuous review.