Caribbean Committee Against Sex Crimes

OffenderWatch and Advocacy Nonprofit Zandoli USA Join Forces to Track Sex Offenders in the Caribbean

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Collaborating sex offender registries in CARICOM nations will help law enforcement worldwide as they track sex offender movement, investigate sex crimes, and prevent human trafficking.

Key Points: 
  • Collaborating sex offender registries in CARICOM nations will help law enforcement worldwide as they track sex offender movement, investigate sex crimes, and prevent human trafficking.
  • The objective is to reduce child sex trafficking globally by facilitating international cooperation to track registered sex offenders as they move or travel from one country to another.
  • Trinidad and Tobago became the smallest country in the world to pass a public sex offender's registry law on September 13, 2019.
  • A new Caribbean unified sex offender registryby OffenderWatch would immediately send notification to other law enforcement agenciesupon entering the address of where an offender intends to travel.