US report confirms T&T as top supplier of ISIS fighters per capita in Western Hemisphere.
The United States' Government has confirmed that Trinidad and Tobago had the highest per capita rate of ISIS recruitment in the Western Hemisphere in 2016 but says there are no known indigenous or foreign terrorist groups operating in Trinidad and Tobago. The Information forms part of the 2016 Country Reports on Terrorism, released by the US Department of State today. The report states that more than 70 nationals of Trinidad and Tobago are believed to be fighting with ISIS in Syria . It says the Financial Intelligence Unit uncovered 182 suspicious transactions involving possible terrorist financing in 2016, all of which were under investigation at year’s end. But the US notes that Trinidad and Tobago is a willing U.S. counterterrorism partner and quickly accepted offers of assistance to share border security information, develop a strategy to counter violent extremism, and prosecute terrorists. The following is the portion of the report that relates to...