“Although much of the violence is gang-related, in recent years tourists have increasingly become targets for robbery, sexual assault and murder,” says CDNN. INFO.
While homicides increased two percent in Jamaica in 2008, murders were up 38 percent in Trinidad and Tobago.
A US ndi UK adapereka upangiri wochenjeza apaulendo zakuchulukira kwachiwawa komanso kulephera kwa apolisi ku Tobago kugwira ndikuimba milandu.
A US travel advisory warns travelers that armed robbers have been trailing tourists as they depart international airports in Trinidad and Tobago. It said:
"Milandu yankhanza, kuphatikiza kumenya, kubera anthu kuti awombole, kugwirira chigololo ndi kupha, zakhudza anthu akunja ndi alendo (ndipo) zanenedwapo za achifwamba omwe ali ndi zida omwe amatsata anthu obwera kuchokera pabwalo la ndege ndikuwachitira kumadera akumidzi ... milandu imeneyi sanamangidwe.”
The English-speaking Caribbean, which extends from the Bahamas in the north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south, averages 30 murders per 100,000 inhabitants per year, one of the highest rates in the world, according to the Economist.
With 550 homicides in 2008, Trinidad and Tobago has a rate of about 55 murders per 100,000 making it the most dangerous country in the Caribbean and one of the most dangerous in the world, according to press reports.
Chiwopsezo cha kumenyedwa, kuba, kuba ndi kugwiriridwa ku Trinidad ndi Tobago ndi chimodzi mwazokwera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Malinga ndi lipoti limene nthambi ya boma la United States linatulutsa, ku Trinidad ndi ku Tobago kunkachitikanso kuti milandu yopha anthu achifwamba komanso milandu ina ipitirira kuwonjezeka mu 2009 ndi 2010.
