The government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency following confirmation of a coordinated and dangerous criminal network operating from within the country's prison system.
The move follows a formal recommendation from Commissioner of Police, Allister Guevarro, who cited credible intelligence that incarcerated individuals are leveraging internal and external connections to orchestrate attacks on senior police officers, judicial figures, personnel within the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and prison officers.
Officials say the campaign is structured and involves multiple criminal elements working in concert with a level of planning and execution that surpasses the capability of conventional law enforcement responses.
The threat has been fuelled by the illegal trafficking of mobile phones into prisons by compromised insiders, allowing encrypted communications between inmates and outside operatives.
The funding for these operations has reportedly come from a range of violent and organised crimes, including high-value robberies, armed home invasions, kidnapping, extortion, and the exploitation of state-funded programmes and contracts.
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