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Monday, 14 September 2009
Senator Dwight Nelson.National Security Minister Senator Dwight Nelson says criminal deportees continue to be a major headache for law enforcement in Jamaica, arguing that many of them are involved in gang activity sweeping the country.
Addressing the Clarendon Crime Prevention Committee on the weekend, Mr. Nelson said some deportees have brought back criminal techniques learned abroad.
"We have had 2,000 deportees come back to this country from the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada since the year start and <span style="font-weight: bold">these countries, particularly the UK, is deporting an average of 50 every month back to Jamaica </span>and this has contributed to the gang culture in Jamaica. Eight per cent of the murders committed by the gun are committed by gangs in this country," Mr. Nelson said.
The Security Minister warned that the authorities will be going after the wealth of these criminal gangs which have strong international connections.
"<span style="font-weight: bold">You see a $60 million house and a $12 million car but when you see the tax registrar you don't see his name.</span> We have a law
, a law called the Proceeds of Crime Act and in one month between June and July we were able to seize $20 million, US$2.5 million and 98,000 British pounds from one gang," he continued