The recent passage of the Advanced Passenger Information and Passenger Name Record (APIPNR) Bill is a milestone in the struggle against transnational organised crime in the Caribbean region. This legislation, providing a central database under which CARICOM nations could exchange critical passenger and cargo information, represents a fundamental reconsideration of regional security cooperation. As criminal networks develop in increasing levels of sophistication across porous borders, this legislation offers a long-overdue remedy to transnational threats that have exploited the fractured structure of Caribbean security frameworks. The Caribbean has traditionally been beset by vulnerability to transnational criminal networks. These groups have exploited the geographical reality of many island states with […]
