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SPECIAL REPORT
Wildlife Trafficking in Trinidad And Tobago
By Jenny Constantine, Transnational Organized Crime - Researcher, Trinidad and Tobago Police Academy
The insatiable demand for wildlife in Trinidad and Tobago has encouraged a thriving trade between the twin island republic and its neighbour Venezuela. For years, the illegal trade has existed between the two countries, mainly for the market in Trinidad, but with the crippling economic crisis in Venezuela more of its citizens are lured into
Border Security Report | September/October 2020
the profitable illegal trade as a means of survival. Trinidad and Tobago, the southernmost islands in the Caribbean archipelago, lie approximately seven miles east off the nearest coast of Venezuela. On a go fast boat the trip between the two countries is approximately 10 minutes on the north west coast. Recently a peek into the extent of the trade was uncovered with
