The Trinidad and Tobago government has insisted that much of the crime in the country can attributed to gang warfare. The minister of of national security recently stated that dozens of gangs are operating in the country and that anti-gang legislation would soon go before Parliament.Martin Joseph warned, however, that the full gains in the government's war on crime may not be fully realised under his watch, but at the same time was optimistic that when it comes to battling crime, "we are still convinced that we will win this war".
Prime Minister Patrick Manning is on record as saying that one way or another his government will deal with the crime problem. Speaking about crime to a recent education conference of his People's National Movement (PNM) Manning repeated a statement he had made before.
"We are putting every effort to bring that under control and if we will try 'A' and if that doesn't work we will try 'B' and if 'B' doesn't work we try 'C'. We will fight it relentlessly until at the end of it all we have it under control," Manning said.
In May there was a riot in the crime-infested Laventille community, after local residents accused police of "kidnapping" up a teenager identified as Trevlyn Harry and took him to an area known as "Block Eight" in Laventille where they watched as a gang beat up the young man.
Read the story: Police use tear gas to break up Laventille protest.
The local television network, CNC3 was there when the trouble started.
Watch the report on YOUTUBE
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