Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere Daniel Erickson has warned Caribbean security officials about transnational criminal organisations (TCOs), describing them as “one of the most imminent threats” in the region.
“TCOs are poisoning the Caribbean and American people, trafficking in drugs, arms, humans, and other illicit products, and worsening corruption. Local gangs engage in violent crime, kidnapping, and sexual assault,” Erickson asserted.
Erickson spoke about the threats and challenges facing the Caribbean and what the Department of Defense is doing to work with Caribbean partners to keep the region a “zone of peace.”
The US official addressed leaders from 21 nations gathered in Barbados last week to discuss security challenges and regional cooperation.
Among those in attendance was Saint Lucia’s Police Commissioner, Milton Desir.
The event was the 2022 Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC 22).
The two-day conference, co-hosted by the Barbados Defence Force and the U.S Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), focused on enhancing security cooperation to deal with regional challenges and threats.
“The challenges before us are many, but the way forward is through trust and cooperation. Only through building trust and deepening cooperation will we be able to meet these challenges successfully,” said Erickson
Source: SOUTHCOM/SLT
@Doan I buy a sling shot for you…just know, it’s the best way to get a pigeon off the balcony
The US and their fake News. The largest known criminal organisation ever is the CIA….lol
We living too happy here. We will beg the us for food and they will be happy . back to slavery.
Imagine submitting that comment to the article as a high school student and expecting a passing grade.
@Common sense. You have me dying here. You made my morning.
Let this deputy individual know do not throw stones at glass house. That being said. Us being suggested as a transition hub they should also similarly consider how they share there propoganda news about race and religion because that same individual birth country destroy people family and zero down there moral and place there devilish money they n the fore front on everything
Its good that the U.S. is keeping an eye – also the French and the Netherlands – but what about the British? Don’t think that the U.S. don’t know of the history of some in the Government.
The US funds most of these criminal organizations. Samething they also did in Africa by funding terrorist groups to justify their occupation, and in Ukraine where they fund literal racist nazis.
Dont need you warning. We have a drug lord and other criminals in our government.
You would know
…not to mention a defunct, corrupt, Coolie curry eating scoundrel, of which they lave labeled, blacklisted, and blocked form entering the their main land or any of their overseas territories FOR LIFE. Only Putin has more sanctions imposed over him
and kidnapper spider
The coolie has far more brains and smarts than you CRIMINAL! Your sanctions coming! You are a snake and those vipers u cosy up up to get position, you aint fooling them either. nasty vieux negre sal! always corrupt everything they touch! no sense of shame! oink! you pig!