Jamaica Success in Gang Case but Violence Continues
Jamaica has convicted an infamous gang leader using recently-amended legislation. But has the change in law reduced gang violence?…
A string of large cocaine seizures in Jamaica suggests the island is becoming a central hub for trafficking to the United States and Europe.
A broad state of emergency announced across Jamaica in order to rein in rising violence has met with scorn.
Jamaican fishers, largely ungoverned, are taking what they can from the country’s waters, while foreign vessels poach lobster and conch.
Why did drug trafficking enjoy such a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic…
In its latest bid to curb the flow of illegal firearms and ensuing violence, Jamaica has turned to the United Nations for help.
Jamaica's government has signaled plans to incorporate some new tricks to raise the cost of engaging in lottery scamming, having thus far struggled to curb one of the island's top…
Jamaica's country's prime minister has promised to stem the violence by clamping down on illegal firearms.
In 2021, most countries in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced a marked increase in murders. Resurgent violence was to be expected after some of the world’s strictest COVID-19 lockdowns…
Rival factions, secret burial sites, homicidal bosses – the ongoing trial of dozens of members of the Klansman gang in Jamaica is shedding light on how criminal groups function on…
Street lamps are being pilfered rapidly in Jamaica, hampering government efforts to illuminate crime-ridden areas.
After recording the highest murder rate in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2020, Jamaica is already seeing an uptick in violence this year, with an average of more than…
A new investigative report shows Ponzi and pyramid schemes have proliferated across Caribbean countries during the pandemic, and authorities have been unable to keep up.