'Big fish' is also target in State of Emergency dragnet: AG Ramlogan

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan told the media on Thursday the operations under the State of Emergency have been a "resounding success" so far. And he stated that the 'big fish' is also being targeted.

Ramlogan was speaking at the daily national security briefing on the emergency measures.  

"People seem to think that these gang leaders and these gangs are small fries. The gangs that we are after are big fish. The gang leaders are very big fish and the money that they trade in and the illegal activities that they are involved in makes them very big fish", Ramlogan said.

Ramlogan added that the targeted gangs are highly sophisticated, with rankings, street status, personal creeds, colours and dress codes.

He described as “phenomenal” the fact that four people are being arrested every hour.

The AG noted, “The problem of gang-related violence and violent crime and that kind of escalation and upsurge is not unique to Trinidad and Tobago and the actions and decisive.

He added, "The firm action taken by this government is one that is not in any sense isolated or in a vacuum arbitrary.”