United States provides funds to Trinidad and Tobago under CBSI
Sep 26, 2013
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States is providing Trinidad and Tobago with TT$11.3 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) for security assistance programmes through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI).
The agreement increases cooperative opportunities between the two governments to develop programmes aimed at increasing citizen security in the areas of juvenile justice, youth development, counter-narcotics, military and police capacity, drug demand reduction, and financial crimes investigations.
A United States Embassy statement said the goal of these programmes is to improve security, promote social justice, and counter the efforts of local and international criminal organizations.
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