The training needs identified by review participants are numerous, including training on modern methods of investigation and the use of scientific evidence, major case management, the use of electronic evidence, money laundering and financial crime investigations, assets tracing and criminal and civil forfeiture of assets and proceeds of crime, the investigation and prosecution of criminal conspir. [...] The implementation of a sexual assault court in Guyana, a potential model for other jurisdictions, and the development of the Revised Model Guidelines for Sexual Offence Cases in the Caribbean Region, by the Caribbean Court of Justice (as part of the JURIST Project), are seen as important achievements in the region. [...] The complementary roles of the justice system on the one hand, and the child protection, social welfare, health and education sectors on the other, in creating a protective environment and in preventing and responding to violence against children are not consistently acknowledged in national policies and practices. [...] The IDB data examined victim satisfaction with the treatment of their case, public confidence in the police, and public perceptions of the performance and effectiveness of the police and the judicial system.15 The level of public confidence in these institutions, particularly the police, seems to be relatively low in the five countries in which the survey was conducted. [...] In Trinidad and Tobago, for instance, the Strategic Services Agency of the Ministry of National Security noted the effect of the elimination of gang leaders by gang rivals or their incarceration for prolonged periods on the leadership of criminal gangs.45 The emergence of younger and more violent leaders and the fragmentation of existing gangs have been accompanied by animosity between them.
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