Trinidad na Tobago ugbu a igbu ọchụ isi obodo Caribbean

SPEYSIDE, Tobago — With a steady rise in violent crime including an alarming increase in homicides, Trinidad and Tobago has overtaken Jamaica as the “murder capital of the Caribbean”.

While homicides increased two percent in Jamaica in 2008, murders were up a staggering 38 percent in Trinidad and Tobago.

Although much of the violence is gang-related, in recent years tourists have increasingly become targets for robbery, sexual assault and murder.

In October 2008, a Swedish couple was chopped to death in their hotel room in Tobago.

Just 10 days later in Tobago, two British females were robbed and sexually assaulted by a bandit who forced his way into their holiday apartment.

Travel warnings
US na UK nyere ndụmọdụ gbasara njem ịdọ ndị njem aka ná ntị banyere ime ihe ike na-abawanye na ọdịda nke ndị uwe ojii na Tobago ijide na ikpe ndị omempụ ikpe.

“You should be aware that there are high levels of violent crime, especially shootings and kidnappings,” states a travel advisory issued by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office in October 2008. “British nationals have been victims of violent attacks, particularly in Tobago where law enforcement is weak.”

A US travel advisory issued about the same time warns travelers that armed robbers have been trailing tourists as they depart international airports in Trinidad and Tobago.

"Mpụ ime ihe ike, gụnyere mwakpo, ịtọrọ mmadụ n'ihi ihe mgbapụta, mwakpo mmekọahụ na igbu ọchụ, metụtara ndị bi na mba ọzọ na ndị njem nlegharị anya (na) ihe omume a kọrọ gbasara ndị ohi na-apụnara ndị njem si n'ọdụ ụgbọ elu na-abata ma na-ebuga ha n'ime ime obodo ... ndị mere ọtụtụ n'ime ha. ejidebeghị mpụ ndị a.”

Highest crime rates
According to the Economist, the English-speaking Caribbean, which extends from the Bahamas in the north to Trinidad & Tobago in the south, averages 30 murders per 100,000 inhabitants per year, one of the highest rates in the world.

By comparison, the murder rate in both Canada and the UK is about two per 100,000.

With 550 homicides in 2008, Trinidad and Tobago has a rate of about 55 murders per 100,000 making it the most dangerous country in the Caribbean and one of the most dangerous in the world.

Ọnụọgụ mwakpo, izu ohi, ịtọrọ mmadụ na ndina n'ike na Trinidad na Tobago sokwa n'etiti ndị kacha elu n'ụwa.

Dị ka akụkọ sitere na Ngalaba Steeti United States wepụtara, ogbugbu ndị metụtara òtù na mpụ ndị ọzọ ga-anọgide na-abawanye na Trinidad na Tobago na 2009 na 2010.