Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago: State of Emergency Extended for Three Months

Date: September 13th, 2011 |

Last month the small island country announced a limited state of emergency, citing an increase in deadly gang violence sparked by 11 murders in just 48 hours. This week authorities announced that the state of emergency will be extended for an additional three months, arguing that the measures taken have prevented an even greater criminal [read more]

Trindad and Tobago: “Bump and Rob” Crimes Could Increase During Holidays

Date: December 8th, 2010 |

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As in Denmark, the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain warned visitors and local residents that the crime rate here increases in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holidays and urged U.S. citizens to be on their guard. Recently a U.S. citizen was killed in what may have been a so-called “Bump and Rob” [read more]

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

Date: December 26th, 2007 |

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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: Limited State of Emergency

Date: August 30th, 2011 |

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The government declared a state of limited emergency rule designed to halt a surge in violent crime. Believed to be related to the drug trade within the small two-island nation, the violence has coincided with recent drug seizures that police hope will stifle the use of Trinidad as a transshipment point for cocaine from South [read more]

Trinidad and Tobago: High Crime Prompts UK Travel Warning

Date: August 13th, 2009 |

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Prompted by a knife attack on a retired British couple in Bacolet, Tobago, the British High Commission warned U.K. citizens about the high crime rate in the islands. Trinidad is plagued by gang-related violence in inner city neighborhoods, but violent crime has also occurred at tourist sites, including Fort George and Pitch Lake (tar pit). [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]

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