{"id":359402,"date":"2026-04-10T08:46:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=359402"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T12:46:36","slug":"blackmoore-urges-stronger-action-against-illicit-crime-at-national-security-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/blackmoore-urges-stronger-action-against-illicit-crime-at-national-security-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackmoore urges stronger action against illicit crime at national security roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_359404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359404\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-359404\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-addressing-Round-Table-Meeting-642x432.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-addressing-Round-Table-Meeting-642x432.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-addressing-Round-Table-Meeting-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-addressing-Round-Table-Meeting-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-addressing-Round-Table-Meeting-640x431.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Rayburn-Blackmoore-addressing-Round-Table-Meeting.jpg 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayburn Blackmoore addressing Round Table Meeting<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minister for National Security\u00a0Rayburn\u00a0<span aria-haspopup=\"true\">Blackmoore<\/span>\u00a0called for a \u201crobust and serious\u201d system to tackle illicit crimes on the island.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was addressing a 3-day\u00a0Inter-Institutional Roundtable\u00a0meeting from\u00a0April 8 to 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The\u00a0meeting was organized by the\u00a0Commonwealth of Dominica\u2019s Government, through its Ministry of National Security and Legal Affairs, in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS).<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The purpose of this engagement is to bolster national efforts to tackle the issues of illegal firearms and armed violence. The event will assemble high-level representatives from across government sectors, including national security, policing, justice, foreign affairs, gender affairs, and monitoring and evaluation, among other key institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry said through a press release that these discussions are part of Dominica\u2019s continued push to advance the Caribbean Firearms Roadmap, a regional initiative focused on curbing illicit weapons trafficking, reducing violence, and enhancing public safety throughout the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe illicit trafficking of firearms can only continue with a certain degree of facilitation, which means therefore because you have people benefiting from the proceeds of crime, you have players within the various agencies, both private and public, who are facilitating the culprits,\u201d Blackmoore said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to him, the system must be robust and serious enough to identify those players and to rid them out of the system.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe live in a small society, homogeneous communities, where everybody knows each other and as a consequence, we harbor criminals,\u201d Blackmoore remarked. \u201cAnd if we are serious about the future of this country, \u00a0all of us have that moral responsibility to do what we need to do to identify those who have made it their vocation to corrupt \u00a0every institution in this country, \u00a0including our young men, who have been used as mules \u00a0to carry out the trade of <span aria-haspopup=\"true\">worthless<\/span>, no-face \u00a0individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He continued, \u201cAnd if we are serious about the future of this country, we have a responsibility to stop the pretence\u00a0and to stop pointing fingers,\u00a0because when you point your finger, the thumb is back in your face.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blackmoore stressed that it is imperative for people to put aside politics and deal with this threat to Dominica\u2019s \u201ccivilization and civility.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-359403\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Round-Table-Meeting-642x349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Round-Table-Meeting-642x349.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Round-Table-Meeting-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Round-Table-Meeting-768x418.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Round-Table-Meeting-640x348.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Round-Table-Meeting.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Minister for National Security\u00a0Rayburn\u00a0Blackmoore\u00a0called for a \u201crobust and serious\u201d system to tackle illicit crimes on the island. 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