An increasing crime rate is threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, states a new United Nations report that calls for the right mix of policies and programmes to tackle the problem.
The Caribbean Human Development Report 2012, prepared by the UN Development Programme (UNDP), says that with the exception of Barbados and Suriname, homicide rates – including gang-related killings – have increased substantially in the last 12 years across the Caribbean, while they have been falling or stabilizing in other parts of the world.
Latin America and the Caribbean are home to 8.5 percent of the world population, yet the region accounts for some 27 percent of the world’s homicides, according to the report, which was launched on Wednesday in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Driven by drugs.
We allow the gods of this world to infiltrate our minds to do senseless things. Carnival and its associates are created by the devil as mind control to our people. Turn back to God my people and rid of this evil.
oh my, that’s very sad
Not Behanzin we allowed to be victimized! Six death this year alone from those released by a conspiracy of Members of the Bar against him, last two, Astrong Drigo, Tyson Thomas! The entire population remained silent!!!!!