Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has identified money laundering, cyber-crimes and cross border criminal activity among the greatest threats to this region’s security.
Barbados Prime Minister Freundel Stuart
Delivering the feature address yesterday at the official opening of the three million pounds (sterling) Regional Security System Fusion Centre at Paragon, Christ Church, Stuart also emphasised the need for regional information sharing to combat the current “basket of challenges” facing governments.
Stuart told the gathering, which included the British High Commissioner to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Victoria Dean and the United States Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, Linda Taglialatela, there was a pressing need for the RSS to have a clear understanding of all issues impacting the national security of member states.
He also said it was imperative that new methods be adopted by the RSS to defend the nations of the Caribbean and their sovereignty.
