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UNICEF study unmasks child sexual abuse in Eastern Caribbean
- By S Coward
- Published 27-Nov-09
- Associations , Crime/Security
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Drug Trade & Violent Crime Threatening Caribbean Nations, Says UN S.G. Ban
- By S Coward
- Published 10-Feb-09
- Crime/Security
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Feb. 10, 2009 - Despite
the Caribbean region’s natural assets, it is beset by ills such as drug
trafficking and violent crime, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said.
Antigua : Harbour Business Owners Meet in Wake of Murder
- By S Coward
- Published 27-Jan-09
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
St. John's -- Jan. 27, 2009 -- Some restaurateurs operating in English Harbour and Falmouth had an
emergency meeting yesterday to discuss the kind of action that needs to
be taken in the wake of the murder of Australian Boat Captain Drew
Gollan.
Dutch Parliamentarian Says "Aurba is Corrput as Hell"
- By S Coward
- Published 08-Jan-09
- Crime/Security
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Aruba still in search for Natalee Holloway
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Jan-09
- Crime/Security
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Oranjestad -- Jan. 7, 2009 -- The Public Prosecutors Office Aruba and
the Aruban Police Force would like to give you an updated summary about
the investigation into the disappearance of Natalee Holloway.
St. Lucia & US Dept. Homeland Security to Collaborate on Aviation Security on the Island
- By S Coward
- Published 07-Jan-09
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
Jan. 7, 2009 --The U.S Department of Homeland
Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and
the St. Lucian Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation announced a plan to enhance aviation security on the Caribbean island
nation.
USVI Catholic Diocese lost $2M invested with Madoff
- By S Coward
- Published 23-Dec-08
- Crime/Security
- Unrated
USVI -- Dec. 23, 2008 -- The Catholic Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands lost close to
$2 million through investments with Bernard Madoff -Â a prominent Wall
Street investor who faces charges of defrauding his clients of close to
$50 billion.
US to Step-Up Military Training Aid to CARICOM
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Dec-08
- Crime/Security
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Bridgetown -- Dec. 22, 2008 -- The Caribbean Community can look forward to an increase in US military training assistance over the next year.
Antiguan Flagged Vessel Hijacked in the Gulf of Aden "Crew members reported safe"
- By S Coward
- Published 22-Dec-08
- Crime/Security
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St. John's -- Dec. 22, 2008 -- Antiguan Flagged Vessel Hijacked in the Gulf of Aden; "Crew members reported safe".
Extradition Process for Former Turks and Caicos Premier Misick Started in Brazil
- By S Coward
- Published 01-Feb-13
- Crime/Security , Government, Politics, Int'l Relations
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Feb. 1, 2013 - The formal request for Michael Misick's extradition to the Turks and
Caicos Islands (TCI) was lodged with the Brazilian government January 29th, Attorney General Huw Shepheard said.
