Providenciales - March 5, 2014 - (tcweeklynews.com): Police recorded a massive leap in reported crime in 2013 with major areas of concern including burglaries, thefts and firearm related incidents.

THE HAGUE--Violations of integrity have been found on all three islands of the Caribbean Netherlands, not only in Bonaire, where two (former) politicians have been prosecuted.

(suntci.com): Jan. 12, 2014 - Former Premier Michael Misick was granted bail with conditions by Chief Justice Edwin Goldsbrough on Tuesday January 7th, hours after returning to the Turks and Caicos Islands to a hero’s welcome.

Dec. 16, 2013 - (food and standards agency): A Caribbean soft drink, labelled as Cole Cold Pear-D, has been found to be contaminated with dangerous levels of cocaine. The FSA was alerted to this following a death reported in Southampton, this is the subject of an investigation by Hampshire Police.

Georgetown - Nov. 13, 2013 - Two policemen, a taxi dispatcher, a taxi driver and a businessman are now dead following a shootout at Middle and East Streets in the city which lasted for more than three hours yesterday.

Nov. 4, 2013 - Almost a month shy of a year since he was first arrested by Brazilian authorities, ex-leader and corruption accused, Michael Misick heads back to the TCI next Thursday, November 7.

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).