Crime

US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete. The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but that wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The finding of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that the US ally had […More]

US Govt plans further limits on civilian weapons exports to 36 countries, including Jamaica. The Biden administration has proposed additional limitations on weapons exports to several countries, including Jamaica, in what it says is a bid to reduce the number of US-made civilian firearms being used in crimes overseas.  Under the new rules, specialists will now have to screen their […More]

Caribbean gangs setting up ‘franchises’ across the region. The regional task force investigating drugs, guns and people trafficking says Caribbean cartels are using music promoters and performers as a front for organized crime. Lieutenant Colonel Michael Jones, head of the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security, says powerful regional gangs are also setting up ‘franchises’ in smaller islands. He […More]

Members of the US Delaware National Guard are currently in Trinidad and Tobago conducting training exercises with the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force and Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and other agents of the National Security Ministry as part of a knowledge exchange partnership. In a series of updates the Delaware National Guard shared photos of the exercises of […More]

Gov’t facing huge legal bill following Privy Council ruling in Kartel appeal. The News has been informed that the government is facing a multi-million-dollar legal bill following last month’s decision of the UK-based Privy Council to overturn the murder convictions of incarcerated entertainer Vybz Kartel and his three co-accused. In its Final Order submitted to the local authorities, two weeks […More]

A Jamaican man, said to be in the United States illegally, is accused of shooting three police officers in Washington DC. The shooting reportedly occurred on February 14 and led to an hours-long standoff. ICE says the suspect, Stephen Claude Rattigan, is an unlawfully present 48-year-old citizen of Jamaica.   Rattigan reportedly has a criminal history that dates back to 1995, […More]

On Thursday August 24th, 2023, About, 7:30pm Thereabout, The Former 45th US President Donald John Trump Was Arrested, Charged & Jailed At The Fulton County Jail, Atlanta. The Entire Booking Took About Twenty Minutes. After Which He Was Released on a $200,000.00 Bail. The 45th US President Donald John Trump Finally Got His Jail ‘MUGSHOT’ Taken, for his fourth criminal […More]

Trump, 18 allies indicted on RICO charges by Georgia grand jury: Full coverage. It’s the fourth indictment in five months for former President Donald Trump. Former President Donald Trump and 18 others have been indicted by a grand jury in Georgia on criminal charges stemming from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s long-running investigation into their attempts to overturn the […More]

Trump’s been indicted again. Here’s a list of criminal and civil cases he’s facing. Former President Donald Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday for allegedly tampering with 2020 election results − a move that comes amid Trump’s mounting legal troubles in other federal and state criminal investigations. The newly unsealed indictment says − among other things − […More]

Police declared 5 dead in mass shooting on the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent. On Wednesday, officers responded to “a report of a mass shooting” in Kingstown. Authorities are on high alert in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, following a shooting incident that left five people dead. Around 8 p.m. Wednesday, local time, officers responded to “a report of a […More]