Corruption, Cocaine and Murder in Trinidad
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Around midnight on May 3, Dana Seetahal, a prominent attorney and former senator in Trinidad and Tobago, had just left a casino in the capital of Port of Spain when her vehicle was stopped by another car blocking the road. A van pulled up alongside and let loose a burst of gunfire, killing her in a well orchestrated hit.
Her murder was one of approximately 170 that have occurred in the Caribbean nation so far this year, putting it on course for one of the highest murder rates in the world. The country saw only 93 murders in 1999. Last year, there were 407.
VICE News visited the slums of Port of Spain and spoke with police, activists, community leaders, and gangsters to understand the country's decade-plus spike in killings. Many of the murders are attributed to ruthless and politically connected street gangs who control territories that are sometimes no larger than a city block. The gangs fight over lucrative government contracts meant to provide social services and combat unemployment.
But gang violence is merely a symptom of a bigger problem. Trinidad has become an important stop for drugs headed to West Africa and the United States. Many observers point to "the big fish" - the nameless political and business elites who are behind drug trafficking and the culture of endemic corruption and murder that come with it. They are accused of turning a country rich in oil and gas deposits into their own personal narco-state, fostering impunity through a web of bribes and murders. Unlike the profits from the energy industry, however, this phenomenon trickles all the way down to the street level.
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Y’all need to come back to Trinidad shits worst
I Really would like to know, how can a youtuber devote the time to make such an informative video, then sabotages it with unnecessary background noise/music? I had to flee
RIP Spanish
When he said they were the baddest cops, the cops laughed at themselves 😂
@@trey57mac32 look how edgy, someone being against gay people. how bold and radical
Trey 5 7 mac you’ve got the whole comment section laughing :|
@@trey57mac32 lmao 😂😂😂
They didn't laugh at themselves they laughed at the guy's accent. Most people in Trinidad laugh when they hear an american accent for the first time.
It was cringey. I'm Trinidadian and my eyes watered in cringe that suffocated my laughter.
the police put the uzi in a donut box lmao
jamaicawaka lmaooooo
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂i wanna dead
King Hazard please, learn english
Fear Us thts how we speak dumbass 🤣😂
Míɴᴀᴢᴋᴜí cool story bro
The police with the chain n rings look like the dirtiest cop off a movie or show 💯😭😭
Lmaoo u have no idea💀
Carpet bomb the place set massive fires and sanitize the fkn island already make it a giant theme park because their is absolutely nothing good about the damn thing sometimes u gotta sacrifice something to correct it im not racist im a big believer in culture but the innocent dont have a pot to piss in the corrupt dont have name tags u cant pick and choose so....wipe everything out i mean absolutely everything cuz it wont ever change just get worse the slaves were freed and look at what they created for themselves .. nothing!!!! The white man didnt do this this bullshit is 100%internal
u are right my friend🤣
He appears on a legitimate tv show in trinidad called beyond the tape. He has become more of a "public figure" and less of an actual officer
@@nmac3718 my guy, u r right u not racist, u jus an extremist. Did u seriously jus said to carpet bomb the entire island? Lol, u gotta be braindead if that is ur solution to the problem. Like why would you in your right mind wish death upon innocencts? This country is an admitly bad environment but there is no place that has a modernized society that is without corruption. So my guy please refresh your idiotic opinion and please enjoy your day.
As a Trinidadian, Abu Bakr’s charges were NOT fabricated.
ikr smh
I live here to but never heard his side of d story
How did he walk away tho??? Why were the charges dropped?
@@corvoattano4777 it have a secret claw for rich people and politician's its called 87-1 they use this when there are in trouble so when he had them at gunpoint they told him about it. And thats how he got off. He and all his men. thats the power of 87-1.
And he is a free man
FREE
as a youth growing up in TnT
What I really supposed to do?
Sterpz
"They're not powerless, they're not focused"... If that isn't the most correct terminology worldwide!
that man have some serious wise words
@@gustavodoliveira2026 big facts
So true
🎯
Is there any place in the world that doesn't have corruption, cocaine and murder?
Leon Trotsky Wasn't talking about capitalism, was talking about human vices.
I thought you were talking about corruption.
Leon Trotsky Which is a human vice, has been for centuries.
Yes and capitalism causes many human vices on of which being corruption.
North Korea, I doubt that there is any cocaine there but that might be naive to think.
I really like this interviewer, he's so humble and asks hard questions, very brave and relatable!
He talks to gang leaders and terrorists and portrays them as sympathetic and kind because they invite him to a party or an interview.
I love the way Trinidadians talk, they talk with so much gusto and emotion
Thanks! - from a trini 😅
Same with Cubans. Definitely a great trait! 👍
Almost musical, the way they speak.
@@anythingforselenas4977 lmao
@@anythingforselenas4977 I love yuh username❤#selenafan
i lived there for 6 years lmaooo THE DRUG DEALERS ARE POLICE OFFICERS bruhhh
Liftedbwoi hey better than the actual police lmao
Well the guy have a gold chain in his body everywhere that too much for a cops 😂
I live in Camden NJ and it's the same here
Exactly!
I’ve been there...you is right bro
"We are in Canada, which has been devastated by fighting" never thought I'd hear that ever
+Jordan subscribe to get money Jamaican gangs in Canada
Aztec Warrior Cartels are expanding there and bikers and the mafia are in deep but ye the streets are gritty mostly tough acting Asians and some West Indians copying Crips and Bloods
theres a place name canada in trinidad
Brandon Seon Well there is one in Marbella, Spain
you a bad joke
"The kitchen is at war with the bedroom" I'm definitely reusing that one.. it's plagiarizing time
Andd the living room is watching the whole thing
And the house is unstable
He basically met a house divided among itself can't stand
3:30 the cop smiling after the journo calls them “the baddest cops” 👍🏼👌🏼😂😂👊🏼
As a Trini, vice’s attempt to subtitle some words is hilarious
Lmao yup. Especially with the segments where Inspector Alexander and Spanish were talking.. 🤣🤣🤣
Examples?
@@MargaritaMagdalena There's a funny section where Inspector Alexander says 'he foot gone through the hole' and it lists it as 'Then he got down low', but the subtitles are fairly inaccurate in a lot of spots!
So do you think the translators English is bad or their Trini is bad.
@@YoungBlood507 I just think the translator was likely not a Trinidadian person.
I imagine it's difficult for someone who hasn't spent significant time living in Trinidad to understand Trinidadian-English, since our population is relatively small, and there isn't the same robustness of resources for non-Trinidadian speakers to learn Trinidadian English as there might be for a standard-English speaker to learn say Spanish or German.
America: *Bursts into room* DID SOMEBODY SAY OIL?
Ayyden is annoying arab countrys of middle east arent involved in the video, like why are you making america liking oil and it goes right into a off topic video comment section?
@@xdgamer2765 because it was funny, thats why
this is such an underrated comment lmao, sad part is that it is actually true
Too many people
They already did decades ago
As a Trinidadian living abroad 30 years now, it hurts my heart to see the state of the country. I saw this documentary 9 years ago and was ashamed to see our country featured on Vice News. Nine years on and the crime, corruption and murder rates have erupted further and gangs have increased x10. The politicians(PNM & UNC), the rich and upper levels of law enforcement are corrupt and they are in charge so there’s no end in sight! God help Trinidad 🇹🇹. 😢😢😢🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️😢😢😢
Sad sounds just like Jamaica
Sound like every country these days.
To
God?? You're literally just explained what your Omniscient and Omni-present "god" allows🤔
Pablo Escobar was also a "Community Leader"
@Ryan Carlen With his successful Healthcare Omegalol
@Ryan Carlen oof hahahah
Big ups narco terrorism
@Odracir Zeravla,
And also EL CHAPPO is also a Community Ring Leader.😅🤣✌🏽
Odracir Zeravla Who was a bad person. He’d shoot and kill you in the blink of an eye.
I look at ALL Vice documentaries and love them.. Never did I ever think my country would be featured in one and in this manner .. so sad.
Aye inspector Alexander, lol he have his own tv show now
what show?
@@RohanKumar-ft6he beyond the tape
@@chrysellemahon7148 thanks
Yuh dun know
It's been on air for 6 years now. Yall now knowing this
It's gotten so much worse since then. They need a Part 2.
Spanish, the community gang leader, won me over when he got out of his BMW wearing no shoes. My kinda guy 👍🏼
Wow, truely something to aspire to Buddy.
Ridiculous the way you think
😫🤣
@@oldguy7144 lol. sad people finf inspiration in that
I scream
I can honestly say I don't think I have ever heard someone say 9 times harder
He was going to say 10 times harder but then realized that would make his job absolutely impossible so he scaled it back to 9.
Ha ha ha, now that you mention it...
Robert Byrne Idk i think he was being honest though.
***** you must not drink, smoke, take drugs, thinking of sex, masturbate, lust for girls or boys, don't be gay, adultery, fornication, lie, kill, steal, do not commit robbery, gossip, slander, must not be naughty against your parents, may not use GOD'S name as a cuss Word, do not use cuss words, don't cuss, fiery temper, other may not be greedy or selfish, must not refuse to help the hungry, don't commit idolatry, sorcery, magic tricks, false testimony, hypocrisy, must not be double mind, fraud, pride, malice, stubbornness, greed, jealousy, Audacity, arrogance, bravado, pursuers of the good, haters of truth, lovers of lie, knowing not fair's salary, lovers of vanity, remorseless to the poor, not help those who are oppressed with wear, don't commit abortion, turn away from the needy, corrupter of GOD's creatures, suppresses the need, advocate for the rich, unjust judges for the poor, without knowledge of God do not do all the things they are all sins.
some doctors said that some of their patients died and came back to life. and doctors call the near death experience. Search by >> dr Maurice rawlings - nde - to hell and back
+Robert Byrne I honestly wondered if that was a genuine statistic! :D
I'm from Trinidad and tobago and this real pains me,but it's our reality..
If anything change is that it's worse tbh
It’s sad to see the effect of narco activity on the environment and the people in Costa Rica. When I traveled there as a teenager in the 2000 everyone was extremely hospitable and we all felt safe.
Me: *Scrolls down and reads comments*
Grandpapi: “We are in Canada”
Me: (in Vancouver) Whaaaaaat?
Momoneylee me (in Surrey BC) whayyttt
Is Canada, Laventille, Trinidad
Vancity go up
Send me ur wasp nomba so we can tolk ok
Momoneylee lol
RIP to those Air Max 95s hanging
A true Trinidad gangsta wears Sketchers 😎
@@SeanDaWhiteBoy u mad oh wah
Ajde
They are fake
Got me laughin!
I almost didn't recognize Canada. There sits my Great grandmother's house in the background @ 2:49 up on the hill. Wow my country has changed a lot sweet T&T 😔
every now and again i like to revisit this piece.
That cop's smile when he hears the journalist call them "the baddest cops out there".
Fu..ing idiot. The white reporter also stated that he “would stand behind the copper if there was a shoot out. Kmt.... Cho
@@CassandraArtist y u mad?
He not lying doh they don’t lock up no one if you know what I mean 🙃
@@bhnatlasfox9066 its sad tbh
@@bhnatlasfox9066
They does always find a vendor trying to make a honest living to harass though
I don't understand how these people can get into contact with these gunmen so easily but the police can't.
The police are involved most of them at least..they just pretend they aren't and im sure trinis know
police know ..but are u gonna kill of ur moneymaker lol
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😭😭😭😄😄😄
The police want to shoot or arrest them and vice wants to pay them for an interview....who would you rather find you?
It is funny and depressing that if I didn't see the dates I would of thought this was shot recently, 8 years and the same old story on repeat. As a young Trinidadian this is just sooo damn depressing
It's so much worse now. They need a Part 2.
Guy: we’re in Canada
Me: no, I’m in Canada
I’m here for the Trini accents I love them.
we have the best accents
And the sound effects
Kinda insulting that the had to slap on subtitles haha
and you're beautiful where you from
I hope you’ll also like the BBQ’d manicou and iguana along with the accents.
I'm a Jamaican living in the States and Jamaica is no different with the crime and corruption. One love!!
Just like usa
I'm living in Jamaica and the death rate is 1500
VG VG to tawag ka na your y to tawag even if you don't see it on your phone and Yan y Tao dito sa messenger na I ko na I ko na Lang I do not remember ok I ko Lang ibalik to tawag even know
@@Dante-kb9ps people in the USA won’t survive in them 3rd country
Go back home
That is amazing to see, the depth of curroption understandig is a well earned hard work indeed
This channel is the reason i open this app mostly🤞🏽
I’m here 2020... who with me ?
It got worse then this smh
Me
BOM BOM
Terron Moore ah deh!
hey how is trinidad and tobago now???
Vice needs to come back to Trinidad 🇹🇹
Why? Would you say the situation has worsened or improved ??
Rudy Est worsened
Underground are you from trini?
YBN Colombain also from Colombia
This video is shit I live here
U see that cop smirk at his buddies in the back like “yeeeah we’re the baddest cops out there” lmao
Updated version needed ❗️❗️❗️
the last few words in this story were absolutely prophetic for the whole world
i agree
AMERICA IS WHIIITE Another example of a cancerous kidney, you need help.
AMERICA IS WHIIITE Medicines, water and food are not going to lead a country to prosperity.
You need alot more than that, you uneducated kid.
AMERICA IS WHIIITE Troll go away
+AMERICA IS WHIIITE racial fuck
10:40 - "I've been charged for murder, guns and ammunition & none of it stick because it's all fabricated lies!"
Rewind to 10:06 & see said man standing tall & proud with rifle in hand, then announcing to the nation that he just overthrew the government. LOL
lmfao ! ya haha I like that guy though haha he just says it how you know blah hahahah
@@briantravelman says the white man
@@briantravelman you are very ignorant person and very salty get coconut water and cool your self DOWN hhhhh
NiteLifeBuzz.com He ru. tings ti g na run he
@@briantravelman says the ass wiper
That guys smile when he said "some of the baddest cops around" had me laughing my ass off
About time y’all make a next video about Trinidad 🇹🇹. The country has progressively gotten worst and it would be great to see behind the scenes of why the country is getting worse and other stuff🙏🏼
8:46 I know Alexander just demonstrate how every trini does relay a story to someone else😂😂😂 sound effects and all
True thing eh😂😂😂
I was working in Trinidad for 2 years, 2006-2008, I had the time of my life, so many friendly people, and what a party.
There was a lot of poverty, that was clear. The Oil and Gas does not reach the average person. It's too corrupt. So very sad, Trinidad could be the most beautiful gem of the whole Caribbean.
Yes me Bridget tell the truth Trinidad is a lovely place but you see how people try to come out there and make them look bad them people go to uniform School notice they didn't show you them type of versions only rode through impoverished areas at least what they have left impoverished because you know Trinidad and Tobago a go billup
Yess, but I bet you were in the tourist areas, the developed areas. Not in the slums and were poverty is everywhere!
The women are the hottest in the Caribbean, but I'm not gonna risk catching a .22 hahaha
@@user-ok5fb2sw3d if Venezuela wasn't right there the wouldn't have guns
@@originalunoriginal4055 clearly you dint knew Trinidad' there are no 'tourist' areas, it is NOT a tourist island! It is actually one of the top eclectic destinations in the world that doesn't cater to tourists, you visit and you get on board and experience everything just as locals , and trinidad criminals do not target foreigners .
This was posted 6 years ago so outta curiousity I just wanted to know how things are now if anyone has any information
It has worsened severely. The murder toll is 200+ for this year so far, up to today there were many protests scattered around the entire country. Port Of Spain (the capital) San Fernando and so much more places. It's chaos
police caught on camera murdering 3 men in morvant ,car carrying the three victims where ordered to stop and the occupants were told to stick there hands through the window ,upon complying with said instructions police opened fire killing the occupants of the vehicle
Fucked up ×10
Trinidad has gotten worst since then, every single mother who have more than one son has surely had to bury at least
About the same.
I'm watching this and thinking to myself how many of them in this video still alive how much die since it saddens my heart
I'm not sure, it's been six years ago but definitely most ppl in in that video are dead already if your gangsters, gangsters last a maximum of 1yr out here so definitely that whole gang at the beginning of the video may ver well be all dead by now and replaced
VICE News visited the slums of Port of Spain and spoke with police, activists, community leaders, and gangsters to understand the country's decade-plus spike in killings.
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Where is the new video about trinidad and the spike in killings ? I would like to see it please
Vry good show.an understood the delect..
did he say that happened in canada?
At the 3min45sec mark. They show you who's behind all this.
Somehow I'm trusting Spanish more than I trust the politician's. He told his story showed his face. Which gang leader does that? And where are the politician's in this whole expose?
The more I watch Vice, the more I want experienced journalists in media...
So start a channel on CZcams.Tell the real truth about who runs the world.
Vice is another propaganda tool for sheeple to think there's justice in the matrix.A video about drugs in a country where it's legal to mutilate the genitalia of little girls and the best cop is a Freemason.Don't be a
tool.Vice is another Soros owned media outlet made for those who prefer a little entertainment with they're disinformation.
Vice indeed.
Guiseppi Gambini You’re so right, Vice is another Soros propaganda outlet
Cine De Barrio He’s actually right, you’re just a blind sheep, you prefer to not question things and keep quiet
Tito Lebowitz if you want a good, reliable news source, you become a journalist. Stop ragging on a bigger company because they’re more successful than you’ll ever be.
@@juicepick7131 Stop talking bullshit about a country you've never been to.
Now viewing this.
Thanks for highlighting but can't understand the reason for subtitles
Thank you for the film 🧡
I love the way they talk.Cool accent.
zymbotictoot LOL YOU LIKE OUR ACCENT
Britney Narine
Oh yeah!
my dad is from Trinidad and he would be your best friend just for that that statement lol
+zymbotictoot Thank you .......... WE TRINIS HAVE BEST ACCENT
You shoulde rhear the jamaicans in trinidad " boomboclax we guh kill yah next week"
The drug war is a war on misery, the misery of poverty. It's a logical outcome from an inequitable input.
Respect I need ur contacts so we can tolk
Michael Martin well said.
Stfu
very nicely put
Farming, logging, fishing, etc.. there is plenty of other jobs besides drug dealing.
Thanks you for the video,
20:15 it's so weird that it's the killer who's telling me everything I wanted to know.
Q: So who controls the streets
A: Control of what!??;?!!,,its out of controoo00lll!!!!
THER00BILLZ "cuntrolin wot"
"it oWt Ov CoNTr0l"
Abu bakar
@@unreal2434 a man who was never really charged. Anywhere else in the world he would either still be in prison or hung (Death Penalty).
VICE: "It's the quarry shanty town in the area"
He actually said, "They used to call it shanty town in the earlies"
I enjoyed that the interview lad was great
"Anything could happen here" *devious laughter* I want to be Inspecter Alexander's friend 😂😩
I lived here all my life but I try to avoid the negative everyday
Yh but how, its everywhere
Me too... but it's sad how murder and robbery is just so normalized here. Walking in the night alone is fucking scary. Man or woman. One time at night when I was younger we were hearing gun shots fuh so and for school the next morning when my dad was driving me to school... I just see a wall by where doubles ppl does be LACED in bullets. What has this place become
@@somethung8188 Yea but covid has made crime slow down a bit, and also crime is in EVERY COUNTRY, And Trinidad is close to Venezuela, so some of them come to Trinidad illegally and cause crime. Venzuela is the most dangerous country in the world it's on Google , but this generation in Trinidad ain't good tho.. and Venzuela is WORST DAY AND NIGHT THERE CRIME.
I went to Trinidad with my girlfriend almost two years ago now. Stayed right in Port of Spain, it wasn't THAT bad we wandered around, met some really nice people, even went downtown to the main market street where we were literally the only white people and it just felt like a busy bustling city. We even met some guys while waiting for the Ferry to Tobago who said they were part of some gang, and gave us tips where to not go and stay away from east city.
Everywhere you go in the world there will be bad spots and people you don't want to get involved with, you just need to know and follow your gut, obviously going to places like Iraq or Somalia would be dumb, but places with reputations such as this, don't let it fear you.
That's every country bro. But in all honesty, Somalia is not bad, I would say 90% of the country is peaceful.. The civil war stopped 2006, don't believe everything you hear or see on the news. Book yourself a holiday there and you will see it's absolutely beautiful and peaceful.. ✌✊💯 🇸🇴🇸🇴
Brother you are being unfair to these countries ( SOMALIA IRAQ ) do some research your own research
Strongfp I'm glad you didn't believe the bullshit, hype and fear this video may instill in others. Trinidad is mostly peaceful and just like many other places contains good and bad. And another thing; they always lump all the murders together making it seem that all are 'gang' related or drug related when many times they stems from domestic disputes, neighborhood disputes, land disputes, old grievances, minor fallings-out turned fatal, unintentional rum fuelled murders and family squabbles.
@@chadmodeste2758 so true Port of Spain isnt listed in the 50 most dangerous cities in the world nor do T&T listed in 20 most dangerous countries in the world.
Agreed
5:01 I love when the guy laughs when he said The inspector is a large man and am gonna hide behind him
Vice news have to do ah next interview like this in Trinidad rn.👌💯
That gentlemans words about the left kidney! #truth
I gone in princess town at the mall and went to the bathroom and I pise in the toilet I look back to open the door bam in my face a gay righting I gone to my mom and told her a gay man was in the bathroom she said so what
The worst part I was in subway my favorite sub restuarant
+Adedayo Bey U reside in T&T ? your name sound Nigerian.
Beauty And The Bear that’s exactly what I just said to myself. Powerful
Hi Victoria can you call me on this number please 617 490 11 62 im in new York
“So much cocaine, we can’t even tell you where we shot this video”. All you see is US Custom Border Protection in the background lmaoo
And that tells you the physical location of the drugs?...no, just the name of the agency who confiscated them.
rain drops Shut up you late af anyway lmao it don’t matter, it’s just a joke. So are you
@Андрей Бахарковскй read my comment before you, it’s for you too
😂😂😂😂
Would love you guys to come back and get updates, but please visit the areas where ALL the money goes. Thank you
3:32 lol dude behind him is like "yeah you better recognize" with that huge ass smile lol
Damn as a Trinidadian watching this made me extremely sad. I lived there during and after the coup and i have to say the place did change. What can we do when everyone is blaming everyone else?
You lived there ! So you are part of the problem !! Why do you expect someone else to fix your problem ??
@@rykson161 please explain how I am part of the problem...
@@rykson161 so you’re blaming ppl that were just born there for this?? You blaming infants too?
@@rykson161 you live in Haiti so you murder people.
@@rykson161 see how dumb that sounds?
Reporter says "they told us not to get to close to the crime scene", as they stand right on the crime scene. Lol
Coverup
The gentleman said 500 murder for the year and I'm looking at Jamaica like "So what we doing here?" Look like we love gold medal and must win everything... 😥😭😭😭
You're silly lol you guys have a larger population so it makes sense
@@tama-rejackie7454 they are not very bright
jamaica has a bigger population so that's why Trinidad is seen as more violent, our federal government has labeled trinidad as the most dangerous country in the Caribbean
Can we get an update vice?
When I saw Trinidad in the title, I was like , this is a must watch.
There's crime, corruption every where in the world though.
My friend left T&T and came 🇬🇩 to attend high school, after graduation in 2003, he returned home and was gunned down within months.
rip
The world we live in, garbage
Rest in peace 🙏
Oh my god, I'm so sorry :(
@@Parker_Lot 🤗
Any Trini Ones Here ?
Like In GTA sand Andreas Lmao
yea lmao
As a Trinidadian I advised u not to come here it is very dangerous
Really even for carnival?
I went this year and had a wonderful time. Perfectly safe. I think there is a huge class divide in T&T. There are all the middle class and wealthy neighborhoods and upscale malls and restaurants, clubs, parties, all the beaches, nature and countryside etc. Then you have the ghettos of Lavantille, Morvant, Sea Lots and Beetham with a totally different environment. Judging the whole of T&T by those areas would be like judging the whole of the USA by its many violent inner cities and meth filled trailer parks.
T&T is the wealthiest nation in the English Speaking Caribbean because of the oil, gas, manufacturing, trade and finance sectors, it does not even have to depend on tourism like other islands (though it gets lots of visitors for Carnival) but there is deep wealth inequality and corruption. There is also unbridled immigration from other poorer Caribbean islands.
alieninthecaribbean so true and well said.
Angélique . B P.R. is in debt and in a crisis they need a bailout from the U.S
What does the Bahamas and Puerto Rico produce? I know they are huge tax havens but the money invested there does not belong to the citizens there or their Government but to wealthy foreigners. Wealth is measured by the indigenous natural resources and Gross Domestic Product of the territory.
alieninthecaribbean yes you're right I'm a Bahamian and so far we get most of our money from foreigners
Best review of our country so far .
That man, Spanish, seems a little sketchy and I don't entirely buy his claims of being only a 'community leader'. But gang leader or not, he is a positive force in an otherwise hopeless situation.
That's what the women was saying he is probably a drug dealer or somehow involved but it seems he is the only positive guy in the area
Remember what Yasin, leader of the Muslim faction, said about how *everyone* is involved? Police, politicians, government contracted workers, etc.
Although, maybe it's cynical to insinuate that Spanish is in some way involved in all the corruption and turf wars.
***** I think that's pretty out there, though.
What makes him sketchy?
***** Are you from Trinidad? If not, then how did you come up with that?
Incredible doc sir. Stay safe brother
06:40 🤣🤣 I need to grow up
RIP Hal Greaves,may your great legacy of peace live on..your great work has brought great results to these communities..
any information on the dope beats at 17:00 ? I'd be curious about the song ID
Gosh! this ascent is mesmerizing.
Where your from
@@doyle1900 H Town bruh and that's Houston Texas
politicians not being held responsible! sounds like America!
thank you very much. sounds like the world. its just really really bad because its such a small country with this problem on such a large scale out in the open.
***** it doesnt elate my mood as you say. i dont hide my country's problems. every country has problems. if you havent noticed there are comments about it being a shitty country and a black country with black country problems. i would not have ranted about you living here either even without your 'lovely' history lesson about yourself. i could care less if you became a doctor, a pope, or was a drop out as it has nothing to do with your question to me. if i had to hide my country's problems i would not watch this video or comment because id be in great denial. i do live here and deal with this shit every day as well as see its beauty. my comment was in regards to someone pointing out that other countries have flaws as well and all these people that watch this a look down on the country because they think where they live is sadly mistaken. of course my problems would ver be your problems wherever you are and yours may not be mine but at the end of they day they all have issues that need to be worked out. and i for the life of me dont know why i need to know how much of your class was indian. 100% of your class could be indian and it would not change anything i've said so please do explain yourself further if im just too simple to comprehend.
Dole chadee.
And the countless others who are laundering their drug money.
Politicians not being held accountable for their crimes is the norm around the world.
my family is from Trinidad and Tobago, and every year we go back it's always beautiful and peaceful, I've never knew this was going on
My family is too would you ever consider living there?
definitely, i love going there every year
Omari Monyé Truth III definitely, i love going there every year
I went this year and had a wonderful time. Perfectly safe. I think there is a huge class divide in T&T. There are all the middle class and wealthy neighborhoods and upscale malls and restaurants, clubs, parties, all the beaches, nature and countryside etc. Then you have the ghettos of Lavantille, Morvant, Sea Lots and Beetham with a totally different environment. Judging the whole of T&T by those areas would be like judging the whole of the USA by its inner cities and trailer parks.
Becuase your considered a "yourist"
Its just realy sad to see how the situation is there, because i know f a fwe friends who are from there and they are some best People i know
Corruption corrupts absolutely. Sad as sad can be.
I went back to Trinidad for 14 months last year, from the UK , the fact of the matter is this documentary is spot on. Sometimes patriotism blinds us to the negative aspects of our country the facts speak for themselves ie. Trinidad with 1.5 million people has a higher murder rate than Britain with 62 million people, This year there is already 189 murders and its only the 6th of June, romanticism of our country leads to a denial of reality.
whats caused it and what are the politicians doing about it and what is the society at large doing to hold the politician accountable
"if your kidney is cancerous, and you ignore it to focus on the healthy parts, you will die. And the nation is dying because we're treating a part of us like it will dry up and go away." That is probably the realest shit I've ever heard. There is no better metaphor. Like damn.
What an great analogy at the very end!!
This doc was 10 years ago already and 2023 was Trinidad’s bloodiest year on record, it’s a warzone down there rn …
Attempts have been made on my life.
How many?
About once.
Aaahahaha this guy is a comedian!
why cant everyone just smoke a spliff n live good
Inderia Harvey wish i could but get sick from drugs
That's too easy
Inderia Harvey in a perfect world my freind!!!😉
Come blaze a spliff with me
A G 😂😂😄
The biggest thing to note is, people in Trinidad amd Tobago, we have a very very low rate of people joining the police, to the point they will accept anyone even if illiterate
This opens up spots and it can be quite easy for gang members to join the police, which is an incredibly common pccurence
Can u guys still have a normal life in Trinidad or is the crime rate to high
@@godhg9694 yes you can but sometimes you can’t depends on the area where you live is in a war with rivals
@@sarsvfx okay because I was hearing all of these negative.
Thanks alot for answering 🙏
You are dead wrong to join the police in Trinidad you must have 5 gce or cxc o level including English they don't only want character certificate but the police service do there own investigation at the applicants village our standard is so high our plenty of our police get police work in developed countries with next to no training
I still love my country... We bless.. Trinidad 🇹🇹
I'm Trinidadian and I am happy you guys brought this to light. Hopefully our prime minster sees this and now knows the world is watching.
This is showing one side of Trinidad and Tobago and admittedly it is awful. However, I lived and worked in Wooodbrook for donkey years. As a female, I felt safe walking to and from my office and apartment, even at night. Never had a single incident. My colleagues, friends, old school mates in Blue Range, Cascade, St. Anns, Westmoorings, Trinicity, Palmiste, Sando and Penal, all professionals, family men and women also never had violent run-ins with crime. Minor attempted burglaries and car break-ins which happens even in the US, UK and Canada may happen from time to time.
Simply put there are TWO Trinidad divided down the middle by class. They don't usually overlap. If you are not living in the depressed areas or are involved in any illegal activity or Government bobal that can lead to being snuffed out, chances are your day goes on with little incident, save the minor misfortunes that could happen anywhere in the world.
It's like judging all of Chicago by just the South Side or all of LA by Compton, which would be silly.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alieninthecaribbean its always good to get some perspective from a local with another POV thanks!
You're welcome alien brain.
@OhMyyNatural well said
Unique how he gained up the energy to say the baddest cops lmmfao yo , the expressions on the officer's faces is unbelievably hilarious 🤣😂🤣😂 ......
Me being from the Caribbean , love how i can understand every word
Love Trinidad accent!
Evil Sorcerer thanks💕
I'm American 🇺🇸🌻💛🌻🇺🇸 BUT My Family On My Father's Side Is From Trinidad and Tobago My Grandfather Was Born And Raised In Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹😎🖤😎🇹🇹 And My Grandmother Is From Honduras 🇭🇳🤞🏾😇💙😇🤞🏾🇭🇳 And My Mother's Side Of The Family Is Just Native American & Black 💜 I Never Been To Trinidad And Tobago BUT I Plan To Save Money And Take A Family Trip Out There I'm 22 Years Old I Give Myself No More Than 5 Years To Make My Way Down There 🤞🏾💙😇💙🤣💙🤞🏾 I'm SCARED Thou I Heard The Crime Rate Down There Is Extremely High And Even Higher On Tourist 🙄😏🤦🏾♀️🤷🏾♀️ Hopefully I Can Gather The Courage To Visit My Family's Country BUT I'm Sure My Fear Won't Allow That To Happen But I'll Leave It In God's Hands If It's God's Will Than I Go Visit My Family In Trinidad Then I'll Go And If I DON'T Go Then I'll Take It As God Knew Something I Didn't Know And It Wasn't His Will For Me To Travel Out There 🤷🏾♀️ God Knows Whats Best For Me '&• My Family So I Won't Over Step What God Has Planned 🇹🇹🖤🇹🇹 Much Love 👏🏾💜😇
bruh how do you even have the time to use that many emojis
@@cierraclack4528
Your clearly gay
And dude your black lol
That is what we talkin bout spread d green love