CARICOM chief: Reach out to young men before ISIS.
Law enforcement on Trinidad after Muslims shot their way out of prison. A report in the Guardian on Trinidad and Tobago featured the following article, by Gail Alexander on Wednesday, June 14, 2017. Caricom states must urgently develop new strategies to win back the hearts and minds of young men now being recruited by the Islamic State (Isis), says Caricom Security Agency chief Francis Forbes. “Let’s accept that whether we like it or not, we’re already at war,” Forbes added at yesterday’s closing ceremony of a two-day Counter-Terrorism Strategy Conference. Forbes is executive director of Caricom’s Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS), which hosted the event. Discussions by regional stakeholders and international experts strategised on tackling areas - from arms, financing and returning fighters, to preventing radicalisation - to build a collaborative regional framework to deal with terrorism. At next month’s annual summit, Caricom lea...