Faced with the identical challenge that had plagued Guyana some years ago, the government of Trinidad and Tobago is seeking, seemingly, to go down the same road travelled here by moving to impose a ban on scrap metal exports in order to put a brake on years of targeting by thieves of vital installations including national telecommunications infrastructure, for the stripping of metals, particularly copper, to feed a thriving international scrap metal market.
Just over a week ago the Stabroek Business reported that the twin-island CARICOM member state’s Attorney General, Reginald Armour, had disclosed that the country would be resorting to legislative measures in order to check the surfeit of metal theft that is effected by the mounting of stripping raids on targets that include some of the country’s important service entities including the telecommunications infrastructure.
