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SPECIAL SECURITY CONCERNS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES OF CARICOM. PRESENTATION TO PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES - COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY 30 th APRIL 2012 CARICOM IMPACS. CARICOM STATES. Bermuda. 15 Full Members, 5 Associate States
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SPECIAL SECURITY CONCERNS OF SMALL ISLAND STATES OF CARICOM PRESENTATION TO PERMANENT COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES - COMMITTEE ON HEMISPHERIC SECURITY 30th APRIL 2012 CARICOM IMPACS
CARICOM STATES Bermuda • 15 Full Members, 5 Associate States • Combined population: >15 million • Total land space : 462, 472 sq km Suriname
CARICOM FRAMEWORK FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF CRIME AND SECURITY – JULY 2005 CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME AND SECURITY LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME AND SECURITY LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR CRIME AND SECURITY Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement Ministerial Sub – Committee On Resource Mobilisation and Implementation Council of Ministers Responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement Ministerial Sub – Committee On Resource Mobilisation and Implementation 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 Standing Committee Military Heads Standing Committee Commissioners of Police Standing Committee Chiefs of Immigration Standing Committee Chiefs of Customs Standing Committee Heads of Intel & Financial Investigations
NOTABLE SUCCESSES GENERALLY Within the last 5 years, the APIS generated almost 8,000 persons of interest from within the 10 participating states alone; an average of 130 persons monthly. Those Persons of Interest (Hits) have been from 116 different nationalities worldwide . Infractions seen include the usual drug traffickers, murderers etc…but disturbing trends being seen includes increased instances of human trafficking and pedophiles to the Region particularly in the summer.
CARICOM IMPACS BORDER MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES Advance Cargo Information System
INFORMATION FLOW – REGIONALLY Bi – directional flow of information from rifc to NPC’s
CARICOM INTELLIGENCE SHARING NETWORK (CISNET) SECURE VIDEO, VOICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION NETWORK The establishment of the RIFC and CISNET enhanced secure communication and enabled joint assessment of national intelligence reports.
MERIDIA INITIATIVE CARIBBEAN IMPLICATION: BALLOON EFFECT "I think that narco-trafficking is a problem for the hemisphere as a whole. And wherever you put pressure, the traffickers will go where there is less resistance and where there is less capability." Robert Gates, 15 April 2010
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DRUGS-GUNS-GANGS NEXUS IN THE CARIBBEAN GLOBALIZATION INTERCONECTEDNESS CRIME
UNODC, October 2011 Global Study on Homicide 42 per cent of global homicides are actually committed by firearm
CRIME FIGURES OVERALL CRIME FIGURES FOR THE PERIOD 2006-2010 Note: The information in the table above were obtained from the NPC’s in Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Suriname, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia. and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
ECONOMIC COST OF CRIME TO THE REGION Source: 2011UNDP “Caribbean Human Development Report”
Potential Boost in Annual Economic Growth Rate from Reducing Homicide Rate to Costa Rica Level
RELEVANT LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK Legend: abc – in force; abc – signed but not yet in force; abc – yet to be finalized; * - amendments pending
Proposed RIBIN Zones Bermuda Suriname
IMPACS/CARICAD Project NOTE: Training for Customs Officers in 2011