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Caribbean & Central America - March 2014 (ISSN 1741-4458
JAMAICA: Another advance in the fight against crime
Four years after the arrest and extradition of gang leader Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, Jamaica is on the point of enacting The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organizations) Bill. Having been passed by the House of Representatives on 18 February, the bill was approved by the Senate on 7 March with three amendments. It has been a two-year battle to get the bill approved, with opponents saying that it will serve mostly to criminalize vulnerable youths.
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