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Trinidad: POS the new Baghdad
- By S Coward
- Published 11-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
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Port-of-Spain -- Sept. 11, 2011 -- (trinidadexpress.com): Trinidad and Tobago now rivals Jamaica as the most violent country in
the Caribbean, with the number of annual murders rising sharply from 98
to 550 over the last decade, with some areas in the Port of Spain police
division being listed among the most dangerous in the world.
Trinidad: Cocaine War Averted
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
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Port-of-Spain - Sept. 7, 2011 - Government stopped a bloody cocaine war between Colombian and Mexican drug leaders in this country which threatened numerous lives by calling the sudden state of emergency on August 21.
Trinidad: Curfew Hours Roll Back; State of Emergency Extended
- By S Coward
- Published 05-Sep-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain - Sept. 5, 2011 - (newsday.co.tt): The state of emergency declared by President George Maxwell Richards
on August 21 was yesterday extended for a period of three months after
Government MPs voted for the extension during an historic Sunday sitting
of the Parliament, coming after 28 hours of debate over three days.
Trinidad: Crime and the untouchables
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Aug-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
(trinidadexpress.com): The country's crime strategy looks like it is chasing stray bullets.
That strategy is to find out what has not been tried and pelt millions
behind it. To keep a cool head about it, expect nothing and you shall
not be disappointed. These appearances can be deceiving.
Trinidad: PM Declares Limited State of Emergency
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Aug-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Port-of-Spain -- Aug. 22, 2011 - At midnight last night, TT was placed under a limited state of
emergency to facilitate anti-crime curfews in hot spots, as announced a
few hours earlier by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.
Promising UN help, Ban calls for Caribbean regional action to combat organized crime
- By S Coward
- Published 04-Jul-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
July 4, 2011 -- Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon on June 30 urged Caribbean nations to combat organized crime on a
regional level and promised United Nations assistance in the fight.
Warner's response to FIFA ethics ruling
- By S Coward
- Published 30-May-11
- Sport (non cricket) , Crime/Security
- Unrated
May 30, 2011 - " I expressed my disappointment with the way in which the enquiry was
conducted as I was given less than twenty four hours to submit a
statement for consideration by the committee and, moreover, one of the
five members of the Committee is from Uruguay and did not have the value
of a translated version of my or Mr bin Hammam's submission. This lack
of translation services brings into question the issue of due process."
Two members of the FIFA Executive Committee provisionally suspended
- By S Coward
- Published 30-May-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
May 30, 2011 - The FIFA Ethics Committee, under the chairmanship of Petrus Damaseb
(Namibia), decided today, 29 May 2011, to provisionally suspend, with
immediate effect, FIFA Vice-President Jack A. Warner and FIFA Executive
Committee member Mohamed bin Hammam from taking part in any
football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other)
worldwide after examining their cases in relation to alleged violations
of the FIFA Code of Ethics linked to the upcoming FIFA presidential
election.
FIFA Ethics Committee To Investigate FIFA Vice-President Jack A. Warner
- By S Coward
- Published 26-May-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
May 26, 2011 - On 24 May 2011, FIFA Executive Committee member and CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer reported to FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke possible violations of the FIFA Code of Ethics allegedly committed by official.
Jamaica: Crime Down By 42 Percent Over Last Year to Date
- By S Coward
- Published 24-Mar-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Kingston -- March 24, 2011 - Prime Minister Bruce Golding said that serious crime this year is down by 42% over the comparable period last year
Nevis Police Meet target; Reduce Crime by 10 percent in 2010
- By S Coward
- Published 15-Feb-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
NIA-CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (February 15, 2011)
-- Police on Nevis met their target to reduce crime by 10 percent in
2010 over the previous year, a success attributed to the hard and
dedicated work of the officers stationed at the Royal St. Christopher
and Nevis Police Force - Nevis Division.
Navy forced to drop warship patrols in Caribbean through lack of funds
- By S Coward
- Published 08-Feb-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Feb. 8, 2011 -- (guardian.co.uk): Britain is to abandon its warship patrols of the Caribbean for the first time since the second world war because of the navy's funding crisis, the Guardian has learned. The withdrawal means the navy will no longer provide a warship for anti-narcotic operations in the region, and will have to reduce its role in disaster relief work.
Money launderers beware! New partnership to target financial crime and its proceeds
- By S Coward
- Published 15-Jan-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Joint
Regional Communications Centre Barbados, January 14th, 2011: In an effort to sharpen the
regional response to transnational organized crime, the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and
Security (IMPACS) and the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFTAF) have
signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) setting forth their plans to work
together on the issue of financial crimes, including money laundering and the
use of the proceeds from the trade in narcotics and arms that fund gang and terrorism related activity.
Jamaica: Reduction in major crimes in 2010
- By S Coward
- Published 06-Jan-11
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Kingston - Jan. 6, 2011 -- The country reaped significant success in crime fighting in 2010, as for the first time in many years, the number of major crimes declined by 7.3 per cent.
US embassy cables: The dangers in extraditing Christopher 'Dudus' Coke from Jamaica
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Dec-10
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Dec. 22, 2010 -- "The U.S. request to extradite a powerful "Don" with close ties to the
ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) has presented Prime Minister (PM)
Bruce Golding's Government with a dangerous dilemma: the requested
extradition could spark violent incidents, ignite rivalries among
competing gang factions, and unleash a challenge to the state and to
Golding's own influence in West Kingston and beyond. The Mayor of
Kingston warns of "severe repercussions" and "collateral damage." His
fears are not unfounded."