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This report examines Jamaica’s success in combatting violent crime, the nation's next steps, and the impact of these policies on the private sector.

This OSAC report format provides a brief update on recent events in Latin America & the Caribbean.

Jamaica’s $1 billion dollar scamming industry has overtaken the drug trade as Jamaica’s top illicit activity and source of criminal funding. Lottery scams and other similar fraudulent schemes have long been common in the...

Even as COVID-19 continues to spike in the Caribbean, tourism is rebounding during the summer months. Jamaica expects to see 1.8 million visitors in 2021, higher than original projections. However, rising homicide rates...

Tourism is still at record lows, with no indication that it will return this year, but some countries are encouraging long-term remote-work arrangements on their Caribbean beaches, and others are serving as convenient 14...

COVID-19 continues to reshape how organized criminal networks operate in the Caribbean. The evolving economic and health crisis in the region underlies a shift in where and how these criminal networks may challenge priva...

COVID-19 has not only crippled economies around the world, but has also impacted criminal groups and their illicit revenue streams. Criminal organizations across the region are adapting by turning to different crimes suc...

The Regional Security Office in Kingston has noted a significant increase in gang activity throughout Jamaica. Twenty-six gangs are now identified as commercially-oriented transnational enterprises with highly organized...

On September 23, the Government of Jamaica declared a State of Emergency for central downtown Kingston to counter an increase in criminal activity. The downtown area of Kingston is the core commercial area of the capital...

On July 7, Jamaica’s Prime Minister announced a new State of Emergency in an area that includes the capital, Kingston. Since January, there were 94 murders in the area, compared to 79 during the first half of last year....

The responses of many governments in the Americas to the West Africa Ebola outbreak have trumped local efforts to weaken an epidemic that is far more likely to impact public health: the Chikungunya virus. The resurgence...

On June 30, 39 U.S. missionary students were robbed by masked and armed men in their sleeping quarters at a school for the blind in Kingston, Jamaica. The men robbed the students of their cell phones, cash, digital camer...

New reporting shows an increase in homicides.