MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica government is implementing measures to further reduce crime in the country and is focusing on at-risk youth, according to National Security Minister Peter Bunting.
He told the 5th Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference that ends here on Wednesday that while the country has made significant progress in dealing with the crime situation, including a 40 per cent reduction in homicides over the last three years, the Portia Simpson Miller government is determined to employ measures for further reductions.
Last year, 1,087 people were murdered and according to the official figures, at the end of April, there were 350 murders.