{"id":10465,"date":"2017-12-20T18:21:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-20T22:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=10465"},"modified":"2017-12-21T06:32:42","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T10:32:42","slug":"antigua-has-the-lowest-crime-rate-in-the-region-benjamin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/antigua-has-the-lowest-crime-rate-in-the-region-benjamin\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua has the lowest crime rate in the region: Benjamin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Despite 20 official murders for 2017, Public Safety Minister Steadroy Cutie Benjamin has said that Antigua and Barbuda still has the lowest crime rate in the Caribbean.<\/p>

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Benjamin said he made that realisation after attending a Caribbean Basin Security initiative meeting in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n

He blamed gangs for the crime problem in the Caribbean and in Antigua.<\/p>

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“Be that as it may, Antigua and Barbuda still has the lowest serious crime rate in the region. We are not proud that we have a spike but we are proud that we have the lowest crime rate in the region,” the minister said.<\/p>

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He compared Antigua to Jamaica which the minister claimed has 1,500 homicides so far for 2017.<\/p>\n

“This government, despite all, has had crime under control,” the public safety minister told a news conference today.<\/p>

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Benjamin said the government has given the police training, equipment and boosted their numbers as emphasis is placed on crime prevention.<\/p>\n

He said an announcement will be made soon about a number of crimes which have been solved.<\/p>

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