Furor over AML/CFT Evaluations of Caribbean States – Who Makes the Next Move? Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (16 May 2017) — A number of Caribbean governments have...
Category - Crime and Security
Trinidad Considers Hanging as Murders Continue Unabated
Trinidad Considers Hanging as Murders Continue Unabated Adam Raffoul (Port of Spain, Trinidad) The last time Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj was Attorney General he successfully...
When Girls Go Missing – Is it Trafficking?
When Girls Go Missing – Is it Trafficking? Ambassador Curtis Ward (29 March 2017) — There was a time when a young girl or boy failed to return home on schedule an...
Trump Presidency has Consequences for the Caribbean
Trump Presidency has Consequences for the Caribbean Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (23 march 2017) — As a keen observer and analyst of American politics and government over...
Human Trafficking a Threat to Caribbean Human Security
Human Trafficking a Threat to Caribbean Human Security Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (04 March 2017) — In September 2009, I gave a lecture at the National Defence...
Corruption Matters – Cut Links to Transnational Crimes
Corruption Matters Cut Links to Transnational Crimes By Ambassador Curtis A. Ward (03 March 2917) –– A recent headline in The Gleaner, a Jamaica newspaper (26...
Security and Good Governance in U.S.–Caribbean Relations
Security and Good Governance in U.S.–Caribbean Relations (06 Feb. 2017) — Almost a year since my participation on a panel in March 2016 to explore “Security and...
Western Union Takes on Jamaican Lottery Scammers!
Western Union Takes on Jamaican Lottery Scammers! Curtis A. Ward (11 Jan. 2017) — I went to Western Union (WU) yesterday (January 10, 2017) and sent some money to...
Ending Jamaica’s Tribal Politics
Ending Jamaica’s Tribal Politics Curtis A. Ward (01 Jan 2017) — Taking time to assess 2016 and contemplate what’s ahead for 2017, my thoughts turned to Jamaica and...