gang violence

Canada says it would freeze any local assets of three high-profile Haitian businessmen accused of supporting the country's armed gangs, According to a Canadian foreign ministry statement, the sanctions target Gilbert Bigio, chairman of…

El Salvador has announced the deployment of 10,000 security forces to a suburb of San Salvador as part of a massive crackdown on gangs.

Jamaican has declared a state of emergency in parts of the capital Kingston and in some central and western parishes in an attempt to control rising crime linked to gang violence.

The United States and Canada have delivered tactical and armoured vehicles as well as other supplies to the Haitian National Police (HNP) to help combat criminal gangs.