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Managing the Crime and Security Agenda within the Caribbean Community By Colonel (Retd) Fairbairn Liverpool CARICOM Secr

Managing the Crime and Security Agenda within the Caribbean Community By Colonel (Retd) Fairbairn Liverpool CARICOM Secretariat At Working Group Session for the First Meeting of Public Safety Ministers of the Americas 14 August 2008. OUTLINE. What is the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

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Managing the Crime and Security Agenda within the Caribbean Community By Colonel (Retd) Fairbairn Liverpool CARICOM Secr

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  1. Managing the Crime and Security Agenda within the Caribbean Community By Colonel (Retd) Fairbairn Liverpool CARICOM Secretariat At Working Group Session for the First Meeting of Public Safety Ministers of the Americas 14 August 2008

  2. OUTLINE • What is the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) • The main threats to public security • Caribbean Security- A Historical Perspective • CARICOM’s response to the threats • New Architecture to manage Crime and Security • Current regional security initiatives • Challenges facing the Caribbean Sub-Region • The Way Forward

  3. EUROPE TRANSIT ZONE TRANSIT ZONE

  4. Caribbean SECURITY - A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE • National-based security focus and included bilateral security cooperation except for RSS (MOU in 82 & Treaty in 96) • Collaborating with Int’l Partners with different agendas • ACCP, CCLEC, CFATF, CICAD, EU, UNODC • Barbados Plan of Action May 1996 • Hemispheric Security Strategy Oct 1996 • Bridgetown Declaration May 1997 • EU/LAC Cooperation in Security 1999 • Third Border Initiative 2001 • US strategic perspective of Principle of ‘Defence in Depth’ – Bilateral ‘ship-rider’ Agreements

  5. REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CRIME AND SECURITY • Mandate • Examine the main causes of crime • Recommendations for a coordinated response • Composition • Reps from Member States • ACCP, RSS,CCLEC, CFATF, UWI and Sects. • Chaired by TT • Reported in July 2002

  6. CAUSES OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE • Poverty • Unemployment • Social marginalization and inequality • Illegal drug trade • Corruption • Trafficking in illegal firearms • Deportation of criminals • Ineffectiveness of the criminal justice systems

  7. CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK • Primary Prevention – systematic treatment of root causes • Progs of poverty alleviation and reintegration of marginalized communities • Secondary Prevention - make communities more resilient to criminality • Reducing opportunities for crime • Tertiary Prevention – Strengthening institutions responsible for responding to crime • Provision of improved training, technology, equipment Police & Prison reform etc

  8. CHALLENGES OF IMPLEMENTATION • Absence of a clear regional political mandate • Limited implementation capacity • Access to resources • Uncoordinated int’l support • No clear national crime & security strategy • No clear regional security strategy

  9. FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING REGIONAL CRIME AND SECURITY Standing Committee Commissioners of Police Standing Committee Chiefs of Immigration Standing Committee Military Heads Standing Committee Chiefs of Customs Standing Committee Heads of Intel & Financial Investigations CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT PRIME MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR REGIONAL SECURITY Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement Ministerial Sub – Committee On Resource Mobilisation and Implementation Security Policy Advisory Committee (SEPAC) Implementation Agency for Crime And Security (IMPACS) CIMA

  10. CURRENT SECURITY INITIATIVES • Advanced passenger and cargo info system (APIS & ACIS) under JRCC • Intelligence sharing through RIFC • Regional integrated ballistic information network (RIBIN) • The Treaty on Security Assistance • COPACS • Regional Investigative Management Systems (RIMS) • Legislative reform • Arrest Warrant Treaty • Maritime and Airspace Cooperation Agreement • Initiating wider Caribbean Military Cooperation

  11. WIDER CARIBBEAN MILITARY COOPERATION • Maritime and Airspace Security Cooperation • Disaster Preparedness and Response • Interconnectivity of systems and existing mechanisms • Training and capacity building • Cooperation in managing major events security e.g. V-SOA & CHOGM in 09 • Cooperation in info & int sharing • Formalizing CARICOM-JIATF South relationship • Conduct of joint multilateral command estimate on the illegal trafficking issues affecting the Region • Formation of working groups to address results of the command estimate • Identification of available resources available to counter illegal trafficking in the Region

  12. CHALLENGESFACINGCARIBBEAN SUB-REGION • Limited security cooperation between CARICOM, the wider Caribbean and Latin America • Lack of awareness of security challenges and perspectives of wider Caribbean and LA neighbours • Language barriers • Absence of communication channels

  13. THE WAY FORWARD • Identification of hemispheric and wider Caribbean security platforms for engagement at the political, administrative and operational levels • Review status of bilateral MOU between CARICOM States and LA Partners • Focus on information and intelligence sharing • Maritime and air space security

  14. THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK!

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