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Barbados Officials Warn Criminals are Stealing IDs to Illegally Import Guns
30 April 2013
Stabroek News (Guyana)
Barbadians are being advised to be careful with their identification cards as criminals are using stolen or bogus cards in their operations to import illegal drugs and guns.
Speaking to the Daily Nation yesterday, head of the Police Drug Squad, Superintendent Grafton Phillips, said that over the last year the Drug Squad had discovered that people were going to the Bridgetown Port, post offices, the cargo section at Grantley Adams International Airport and courier... (GunPolicy.org)
Puerto Rico,Mexico,Honduras,Barbados,United States,Colombia
US Man Breaks Silence on Pre-Fast and Furious Operation, 'Castaway'
8 October 2012
Kansas City Star (Missouri) / Miami Herald
A sensational election-season report into the botched Operation Fast and Furious gun-tracking operation has cast new light on a simultaneous Florida firearms investigation linked to violence in Colombia, Honduras and Puerto Rico.
Called Operation Castaway, the Florida case has received far less attention than Fast and Furious. The latter became an embarrassing distraction for Obama's administration when it was implicated in the death of a federal agent and Mexico... (GunPolicy.org)
Gun Club Officials Charged Over Illegal Machine Guns in Barbados
13 February 2012
Real Jamaican Radio
Shooting clubs and gun dealers in Barbados are at the centre of police investigations following the discovery of a number of unregistered high powered weapons.
Among the weapons were a number of M4 assault rifles used for single and automatic fire, President Barbados Rifle Association (BRA), Michael Holder, club secretary Debbie Holder and committee member Richard Arthur, were charged with illegal possession of firearms and or ammunition. Another club member was being... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados Gun Dealer, Gun Lobby Leader Faces Illegal Firearm Charges
4 February 2012
Stabroek News (Guyana)
A gun dealer charged with not only failing to register his transactions but with possession of 21 guns – some of them high-powered weapons – without the proper licences was remanded after a late afternoon court appearance yesterday.
Michael Holder, 43, of Christ Church, had 25 charges, including 21 charges of possession of illegal firearms, read to him by Magistrate Graveney Bannister. Holder appeared in the District "A" Magistrates' Court.
The president of the... (GunPolicy.org)
Europe,North America,St Lucia,Barbados,Antigua & Barbuda,Trinidad & Tobago,St Kitts & Nevis,Jamaica,Bahamas,Caribbean
Caribbean Nations Demand Global Gun Trade Treaty to Curb Armed Crime
11 October 2011
Caribbean 360 (Barbados)
NEW YORK, United States - Battling the scourge of rising crime and violence and some of the world's highest murders rates, Caribbean nations are appealing to the United Nation for help.
They are urging the world body to help them stem the unrelenting flow of guns and ammunition to the region.
From the Bahamas, Jamaica and St. Kitts-Nevis, countries with some of the world's highest homicide rates, Trinidad and Tobago, which already has a state of emergency in place... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados,United States,Trinidad & Tobago
Electronic Tracing Begins on 102 Seized Guns in Trinidad & Tobago
22 September 2011
Guardian (Trinidad and Tobago)
Electronic tracing has begun on the 102 firearms which were recovered since the state of emergency was implemented on August 21. The electronic tracing system, also known as eTrace, is being conducted by police officers of the Crime and Problem Analysis Branch (CAPA). CAPA previously was known as the Modus Operandi Unit of the Police Service. The eTrace system is a web-based firearm trace request submission system that provides for the electronic exchange of crime gun... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados Opposition Leader Calls for Policy on Guns in Parliament House
29 March 2010
Caribbean Daily News (British Virgin Islands)
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Opposition Leader Mia Mottley wants a clearly defined policy regarding the presence of guns in the Barbados parliament.
Mottley told reporters that she wanted the David Thompson government to take that action before Parliament is reconvened in the middle of April.
"If they are not to be banned because there is no reason to have a firearm in Parliament, then whatever systems are necessary for firearms to be held and secured must be put in... (GunPolicy.org)
Investigation Seeks Handguns Missing from Barbados Police Station
23 October 2009
Daily Nation (Barbados)
Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin has ordered a full-scale internal investigation into the theft of two police Glock guns.
His comments followed the arrest and charging on Wednesday of Police Constable Ron Connell in connection with the theft of one of the guns from the Holetown Police Station.
Connell, 29, of Golden Mile, St Peter, appeared at the Holetown Magistrates' Court yesterday to answer the charge.
"I've ordered an internal inquiry into our procedures to... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados,Caribbean,Canada,United States
Barbados Hosts Caribbean Meeting on UN Firearms Protocol
11 June 2009
Caribbean Net News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Gun related crimes connected to the trafficking of illegal drugs and firearms are on the increase.
This was revealed by Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Attorney General, Antoinette Williams, during the recent launch of a regional workshop on the implementation of the United Nations Protocol against the illicit manufacturing of and trafficking in firearms, their parts, components, ammunition and other related instruments, at the... (GunPolicy.org)
Caribbean,United States,Anguilla,Antigua & Barbuda,Aruba,Barbados,Dominica,Grenada,St Vincent & Grenadines
Top Caribbean Cop Pins Rise in Violent Crime on Gun Trafficking
7 April 2009
South Florida Caribbean News
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts — One of the region's top law enforcement officers said there is a direct link between the rise in violent crime in the Caribbean and gun trafficking.
Chairman of the Association of Caribbean Commissioners of Police, Mr. Darwin Dottin said a study has shown that there could be as many as 1.6 million illegal guns in the region.
Speaking at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a United States law enforcement agency which will... (GunPolicy.org)
Caribbean,United States,Anguilla,Antigua & Barbuda,Aruba,Barbados,Dominica,Grenada,St Kitts & Nevis,St Vincent & Grenadines
US, Nine Caribbean Nations Sign Agreement to Help Trace Illegal Guns
1 April 2009
Caribbean Net News
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Nine Caribbean islands on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a United States law enforcement agency which will greatly enhance their ability to track and fight firearms trafficking and illegal possession in the region.
In a morning ceremony at the home of United States Charge d'Affaires to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Brent Hardt, police Commissioners and senior officers from Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba,... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados Police Plan to Rewrite Firearm Law, Target Youth Gun Crime
5 January 2009
Daily Nation (Barbados)
Gun-toting criminals are steering down the barrel of new anti-firearms action by police.
Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin said at an end-of-year Press conference recently at the Prince Cave Hall at the District "A" Police Station, police firearms policy would be re-written.
"We will be rolling out a programme to give Barbadians an opportunity to be involved in this matter of trying to curb the use of firearms in our nation. The firearms policy will be rewritten... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados Police Propose Firearm Amnesty to Tackle Upsurge in Gun Crime
29 January 2008
Daily Nation (Barbados)
People holding guns illegally may soon have a chance to hand them over to the police without fear of prosecution.
It is one of the options the police are considering as they tackle an upsurge in gun crimes.
Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin disclosed this yesterday during a break in touring, with new Attorney-General Freundel Stuart, the temporary and new police facilities under construction in Crab Hill, St Lucy.
"I thought about it," he said of the gun... (GunPolicy.org)
Barbados Police Anti-Gun Unit Back on Patrol 'In Full Force'
20 September 2006
Daily Nation (Barbados)
The Royal Barbados Police Force's special Anti-Gun Unit is back on the streets in full force.
That's the word from crime chief, Assistant Commissioner of Police Seymour Cumberbatch, in light of a recent upsurge in gun-related crimes.
There were four separate shooting incidents over the past weekend, resulting in at least five people being injured.
"The Anti-Gun Unit will be reactivated and refocused," Cumberbatch told the MIDWEEK NATION yesterday, noting that it... (GunPolicy.org)
15 October 2004
Daily Nation (Barbados)
When Caricom foreign ministers met recently in New York under the chairmanship of Barbados' Dame Billie Miller to consider some of the key issues before the United Nations, a matter bubbled at or near the top.
It was peace, security and stability in the Caribbean.
No, it wasn't about weapons of mass destruction. Nor did it concern the kind of terrorism which was tragically inflicted on the United States on 9/11.
Instead, it was about how the region could survive in a... (GunPolicy.org)
Govt Seizes Gun Shipments Passing Through US Embassy
11 October 2004
Associated Press
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Barbados seized two shipments of guns destined for Caribbean police departments that were scheduled to pass through the U.S. Embassy, the U.S. ambassador said Monday.
A shipment confiscated in January contained 24 handguns and one seized in August contained an automatic rifle and nine shotguns, U.S. Ambassador Mary Kramer said. They were destined for the police departments of St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, she said.
The Barbados... (GunPolicy.org)
2 April 2003
Daily Nation (Barbados)
Former Attorney-General Louis Tull has blasted Barbados' tough gun laws, stating that only a few Arab states had legislation as brutal as Barbados'.
Tull, a back-bencher, told the House of Assembly yesterday he was "dead against" sending persons caught with firearms before High Court judges.
Against the backdrop of two shooting deaths over the weekend, he said magistrates could do a better job in many such instances because they often knew the people who went before... (GunPolicy.org)
Police Coming Down Hard on Gun-Related Crime
30 October 2002
Barbados Advocate
Gun related deaths are up by three cases over last year and the Police Force is warning illegal gunmen that the long arm of the law will be coming down hard on them with a sustained zero-tolerance approach.
The gun-crime declaration came one day after teenaged St. Joseph resident, Fabian Best was shot and killed while walking through a district in the same parish with friends.
Station Sergeant Barry Hunte, police public relations officer, said yesterday that the... (GunPolicy.org)
