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Jamaica: Senate Response to 2010 International Narcotics Control Report Issued by US Department
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Mar-10
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Kingston -- March 7, 2010 -- This report is the Government of Jamaica's response to the findings of
the United States Department of State, 2010 International Narcotics
Control Strategy Report on Drug and Chemical Control, INCSR. The
statements in that report do not accurately represent the efforts being
made by the security forces and the Jamaican authorities in the fight
against international drug trafficking and organized crime.
Natalee Holloway Case: Dutch Suspect Joran van der Sloot Said to Have Confessed
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Feb-10
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Feb. 23, 2010 -- Dutch suspect Joran van der Sloot has confessed to disposing the body of missing American student Natalee Holloway while on the Caribbean island of Aruba, a Dutch newspaper reported on Tuesday. He made the statements in front of an RTL television camera.
Bahamas: New Police Commissioner Announces Strategic Priorities to Tackle Crime
- By S Coward
- Published 06-Jan-10
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Nassau -- Jan. 6, 2010 -- Newly appointed Commissioner of Police Ellison Greenslade announced that strategic priorities will form the plans and actions of the Royal Bahamas Police Force for the year 2010, as an intervention to serious crimes in The Bahamas.
Antigua: Sexual Offences Up 127% for 2009
- By S Coward
- Published 01-Jan-10
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
St. John's -- Jan. 1, 2010 -- Sexual offences and murders have, for yet another year, emerged as
major problems for the Royal Police Force of Antigua & Barbuda,
according to crime statistics released yesterday.
UNICEF study unmasks child sexual abuse in Eastern Caribbean
- By S Coward
- Published 27-Nov-09
- Associations , Crime/Security
- Unrated
Bridgetown -- Nov. 27, 2009 -- A comprehensive study on child sexual abuse in the Eastern Caribbean has concluded that the practice is a serious and extensive problem for societies in the sub region.
Jamaica: Police Chief Resigns
- By S Coward
- Published 02-Nov-09
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Kingston -- Nov. 2, 2009 -- Jamaica's Police Chief, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, has tendered his resignation to the Police Service Commission, ending weeks of speculation that a show-down with the Government was imminent, The Gleaner has learnt. See also: Jamaica Observer story.
Jamaica PM Orders Hijacking Probe
- By S Coward
- Published 21-Apr-09
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
April 21, 2009 - (jamaica-gleaner.com): Prime Minister Bruce Golding says a repeat of Sunday night's
hijacking of a Canadian charter flight at the Sangster International
Airport is not likely as the Government takes on a more integral role
in airport security.
2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report - The Caribbean
- By S Coward
- Published 01-Mar-09
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
March 1, 2009 -- The Department of State’s International Narcotics Control Strategy
Report (INCSR) has been prepared in accordance with section 489 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (the “FAA,” 22 U.S.C. §
2291).
SEC Charges R. Allen Stanford, Stanford International Bank for Multi-Billion Dollar Investment Scheme
- By S Coward
- Published 17-Feb-09
- Cricket , Allen Stanford , Crime/Security
- Unrated
Washington, D.C., Feb. 17, 2009 — The Securities and Exchange
Commission today charged Robert Allen Stanford and three of his
companies for orchestrating a fraudulent, multi-billion dollar
investment scheme centering on an $8 billion CD program.