U.S. sweep nets nearly 11,000 fugitives
Roundup in 24 states was over one week in October

WASHINGTON - Nearly 11,000 fugitives, including sex offenders, gang members and others wanted on a variety of charges from kidnapping to weapons offenses, were swept up last week in a 24-state operation, the Justice Department was to announce Thursday.

Among the fugitives caught were 1,659 sex offenders — including 971 who failed to register with authorities as required by law — in what the government called the largest number ever captured in a single law enforcement effort.


With the spate of criminal activity especially that geared at children, this article was very relevant to me. Trinbagonians need to realize that we cannot just stand back and wait for our political leaders and government offices to put in place measures like those stated above in this article to protect ourselves and those in our communities.

Until the powers that be decide to seriously address and put in place strategies to combat the effects that crime in general and especially crimes against minors is having on the society, then the action has to come from the grassroots level.