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Hull Caribbean L 18 ife, OCTOBER 1-7, 2021
CARIBBEAN ROUNDUP
JAMAICA
Jamaican Police
Commissioner, Anthony
Anderson says Jamaica
should not expect the measures put in
place to curb the spread of the COVID-
19 virus, such as no movement days, to
effectively deal with criminal activities,
including murders.
Jamaica recorded 27 murders recently,
including nine killings in one day,
the first day of the lockdown when
tighter restrictions had been imposed
by the government in a bid to curb the
spread of the COVID-19 virus, which
has killed 1,734 people since March
last year.
Overall, the country has recorded
more than 935 murders and 815 shootings
since March last year.
As of Aug. 28, the police had reported
that there were 935 so far for the
year, 83 more when compared when
compared to the corresponding period
in 2020.
Anderson told a news conference
that the lockdown is a COVID-19 prevention
measure, not a murder prevention
measure, which are two different
things.
He told the news conference that
familiarity among warring gangsters
has made crime prevention by the
police extremely difficult, even with
the increased powers and access to
lawmen afforded by less traffic and
decreased public distractions during
the lockdown.
TRINIDAD
The United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) said it
will provide up to US$1million (TT$6.7)
million to support counter trafficking
in persons (TIP) in
Trinidad and Tobago.
It said the assistance
will focus on supporting
the Trinidad and
Tobago government to combat human
trafficking while strengthening the
support services offered by non-government
and government agencies to
better meet the needs of trafficking victims
such as counseling, therapy, skills
training and social services support.
USAID’s assistance will be tailored to
meet the priorities of the Keith Rowley
administration’s TIP national action
plan and the recommendations from
the US government’s 2021 Trafficking
in Persons Report.
USAID said it will provide technical
assistance to improve TIP data collection
and reporting integrate customized
information technology tools
and resources and build capacity to
strengthen intelligence gathering,
investigation and ultimately, prosecution
of TIP perpetrators.
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