MANAGING THE CRIME AND SECURITY AGENDA WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Presented to the 34th Regular Session of CICAD Montreal Canada 19 November 2003 By Col. F E Liverpool Coordinator Regional Drugs and Crime Control Programmes CARICOM Secretariat

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION Remind ourselves of the threat CARICOM’s response Describe the Management Structure to manage our crime and security agenda Current Regional security initiatives

The Caribbean Region as a Transit Zone TRANSIT ZONE STORAGE AREA PRODUCER COUNTRY UNITED STATES EUROPE

The A B C Narco-Trade Mark

REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CRIME AND SECURITY Mandate – Examine the main causes of crime – Recommendations for a coordinated response Composition – Reps from Member States – ACCP, RSS,CCLEC, CFATF, UWI and Sects. – Chaired by TT Reported in July 2002

CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK Primary Prevention – systematic treatment of root causes Secondary Prevention - make communities more resilient to criminality Tertiary Prevention – Strengthening institutions responsible for responding to crime

PRIMARY PREVENTION Progs of poverty alleviation and reintegration of marginalized communities Review of the International Drug Control Policies

SECONDARY PREVENTION Reducing opportunities for crime National Crime Commissions Community Policing

TERTIARY PREVENTION Regional LE training strategy Improved technology Improved forensic sciences services Equipping the Police Forces Border strengthening - Regional Conference Judicial institutional development Prisons improvement International Collaboration

REGIONAL DEMAND REDUCTION STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK Surveillance, Research and Development/Evaluation Policy Development and Advocacy Prevention and Education Treatment and Rehabilitation Programme Management and Coordination

POLICY FRAMEWORK- A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE “We believe strongly that - while there will always be need for security forces of some kind and regional security arrangements - small countries like those in CARICOM and, indeed in the wider Caribbean, must be active in promoting a system of international security that no longer holds them hostage to the vulnerability of smallest or jeopardizes the development through the need for major military expenditure.” (West Indian Commission in addressing regional security)

Tools of Implementation “The tools to implement any international strategy are coordinating and implementing bodies with specific mandates working within an agreed framework and in which clear lines of reporting are laid out”

MEETING THE CRIME & SECURITY THREAT (ORGANOGRAM) CONFERENCE COFCOR Int’l Bodies UN/OAS/ EU etc Joint Committee of AGs & MNS CCS Regional Law Enforcement Technical Committee CCSRegional Crime & Security Coord Secretariat Operational Centres of Non- CARICOM States (US,UK,Dutch,French,DR,Cuba) ACCP CCLEC IMMIG CG RTCG CFATF Sub-Cttee of AGs & MNS National Joint Headquarters National Law Enforcement Committee CARICOM Sub-Regional Coord Centres

CURRENT INITIATIVES Regional Information/Intelligence Sharing System Strengthening Border Security Implementing Community Policing and Police Reform Regional Maritime Cooperation