Drug trafficking is responsible for a third of homicides in Guyana annually and has promoted corruption to such an extent that traffickers are shielded from prosecution, a United Nations (UNDP) Citizens Security Survey has found.
“Indeed, drug trafficking has been linked to the rise in execution type killings, which accounts for around a third of homicides in Guyana each year. Additionally, it fosters the corruption of public sector employees and law enforcement personnel by drug traffickers who use their wealth to buy influence and protection from prosecution”, the survey found.
The findings of the survey which was done in seven countries of the region –Antigua and Barbuda, Barba-dos, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Suriname, and Trini-dad and Tobago was released in the
