Jim Wyss/Miami Herald, via Getty Images Countries like Trinidad and Tobago have also seen serious spikes in crime because of their position between cocaine-producing countries in South America and ...

Trinidad and Tobago’s government declared a state of emergency Monday after a weekend of violence fueled by gangs and organized crime sent the year’s murder rate to 623. “I am satisfied that ...

One source that "stands out" is the United States, the largest weapons exporter in the world, whose guns have been connected to crimes "from Haiti and Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago". The duration ...

Trinidad and Tobago has extended a state of emergency to counter record homicides. But the measure, a standard strategy for governments facing down rising crime levels elsewhere in the region, is ...

Trinidad And Tobago’s Weekend Of Bloodshed The decision to implement the state of emergency was precipitated by a ...

Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency Monday ... Those suspected of committing a crime can now be held for 48 hours without a charge, too, with the timeframe able to be extended ...

Trinidad and Tobago residents are not strangers to states ... state of emergency and curfew in areas that were declared crime “hotspots.” Newsday Live and Long Island LitFest present a ...

There are times when the crime spree that appears to obtain in Trinidad and Tobago manifests itself in bizarre headline-hitting episodes, one of those being the earlier mentioned ‘visit’ to a ...

Some residents say crime has become part of the culture ... suggests that gangs started becoming more prevalent in Trinidad and Tobago at the beginning of this millennium. Dr Neptune-Figaro ...

But people suspected of crimes can be stopped and searched by police or army soldiers, he added. Trinidad and Tobago has struggled with the presence of criminal groups for more than 25 years ...