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InSight Crime's 2020 Homicide Round-Up

InSight Crime

29 January 2021

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Trinidad & Tobago: 28.2 per 100,000
The island nation of Trinidad and Tobago recorded a significant fall in homicides last year. According to the nation's Police Service, 395 murders were committed in 2020, equating to a homicide rate of 28.2 per 100,000. This was a welcome decline from its 2019 total of 539, which marked one of the nation's deadliest years on record. What's more, the country welcomed its lowest murder rate in eight years, according to authorities.

In his "End of Year Address," National Police Commissioner Gary Griffith reported serious incidences of crime in the country had fallen by 30 percent in 2020 when compared to the previous year, adding that kidnappings had been reduced by over 40 percent. However, most murders committed in the country remain unresolved and, as such, unpunished.

The island nation's proximity to Venezuela has historically raised concerns as pirate attacks linked to conflicts over drug trafficking routes have been known to occur in waters between the two countries.

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