Caribbean lacks capacity to deal with organized crime, OAS official says

Yasmin Solitahe Odlum

Caribbean countries do not have the capacity to deal with the organised crime “that has crept into their societies…,” Organisation of American States (OAS) official Yasmin Solitahe Odlum, has said.

While countries focus on dealing with the gangs there is a “whole set of white collar crimes” taking place that they cannot tackle because poverty will be exacerbated.

For the politicians, she said, it is a “hydra-headed monster” that