Kingston, Jamaica — 26 February 2026
Jamaica’s Prime Minister, speaking in his capacity as outgoing Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has called for sustained regional cooperation to combat transnational organised crime and gangs, warning that increasingly sophisticated criminal networks pose a direct threat to small states across the region.
Addressing the opening of the 50th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on Tuesday, the Prime Minister emphasised the importance of intelligence sharing, joint operations, interoperable border systems and stronger alignment with international partners. The appeal builds on the Montego Bay Declaration on Transnational Organised Crime and Gangs, adopted during Jamaica’s chairmanship, which sought to establish a unified regional response to cross-border criminal activity.
The statement comes at a time when criminal organisations are described as technologically enabled, heavily armed and …
