Cummings responds to UN report on crime: Most youth want to do well
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Cummings responds to UN report on crime: Most youth want to do well

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Top Stories Tamfitronics NewsSean Douglas11 Hrs AgoThe Prime Minister and Ministry of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings greet participants of the Tucker Valley Shade House Project in Chaguaramas on August 15. - File photo by Roger JacobFOSTER CUMMINGS, Minister of Youth Development and National Service, reacted to a recent UN report of youth seeking comfort in criminal gangs by saying in fact the vast majority of youngsters were seeking betterment in productive pursuits, not crime.On September 5 Newsday published the findings of a recent report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) titled Caribbean Gangs: Drugs, Firearms and Gangs Networks in Jamaica, St Lucia, Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago.This said many gangs in the region originated in "self-help" and "neighbourhood improvement" groups in low-income and informal settlements amid a limited State...
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