Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago: More Soldiers to Patrol with Police until Carnival

Date: December 26th, 2007 |

The national security ministry mobilized soldiers to join police patrols from Christmas through Carnival in February in response to rising crime. The soldiers will help police patrol cities and towns, especially malls and shopping areas, entertainment centers and beaches. Officials expect that the military presence will deter criminals. Further, in response to a wave of [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago: Crime Increase

Date: February 21st, 2007 |

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Jouvert, the celebration that launches carnival on these islands, prompted more than 20 victims of stabbings and beatings to go to Port of Spain’s General Hospital Feb. 19, including a man from Texas who was beaten by two men trying to steal his camcorder. The celebration is always festive but fraught with crime. The islands [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago: Crime Now in Broad Daylight

Date: June 27th, 2006 |

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Increasing crime has been a problem here for quite some time, but two stories in the local press on the same day June 22 suggest a solution may be hard to find. One story reported the robbery of a man near a shopping mall “in broad daylight” in Port-of-Spain, while the other said the government [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago: Bombing in Port-of-Spain

Date: October 18th, 2005 |

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A bombing outside a popular nightclub in Port-of-Spain Oct. 14 wounded ten and followed a series of bombings that have occurred around the same time of each month since July. On July 11 a bomb in a trash bin on a downtown street injured 14, and on Aug. 11 and Sept. 10 similar bombs exploded [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago

Date: February 26th, 2003 |

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Crime that affects travelers, robbery and pick-pocketing, for instance, usually increases during holiday periods such as Carnival and Christmas, but the islands are generally safe. Crime that usually doesn’t affect tourists, such as murder and kidnapping for ransom, have increased in the past year and have occurred at a high rate already in 2003. A [read more]

Caribbean: Risks at Cricket World Cup Venues

Date: February 28th, 2007 |

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There are no credible threats to the Cricket World Cup that begins March 5, but other risks in host countries can be generally classified. Islands with low to moderate crime threats are Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and St. Lucia. Countries with high crime threats include [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago: Crime Threatening Justice System

Date: December 6th, 2006 |

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The U.S. Ambassador spoke out about high crime in the islands Nov. 29 and vowed that the U.S. government would do everything possible to bring to justice criminals who harm Americans. Local officials are concerned that the justice system is falling apart because of disappearing witnesses and refusal of people to testify in court. Because [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago: Lax Law Enforcement

Date: February 21st, 2006 |

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The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office warned that law enforcement on the islands was weak after police failed to hold suspects in an assault on three British tourists lounging by the pool of their rented villa in Mt. Irvine on Tobago. The visitors were participants in an international pro-am golf tournament and the villa was [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago

Date: February 17th, 2004 |

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The crime rate here is high, but most incidents are crimes of opportunity such as pick-pocketing, assault, robbery and fraud. Most violent crimes are gang-related and don’t target foreigners, and the majority of crime occurs in isolated areas. On Tobago, there is a high incidence of petty theft and hustling of tourists, and thefts of [read more]