>"cyb" skrev i meddelandet news:bn9oa6$11c$1@news3.bu.edu...
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>>the kidnap rate is now the second highest in the world
>>behind colombia.
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>>http://www.opus.co.tt/cyb/
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>Ronald Olsson wrote:
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> And "Mr cyb", speaking bad about a country without telling whoīs writing is
>really a low, cheap behaivor in my eyes.
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>Ronald
>Sweden
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I thought that for a second, *EXCEPT*.... Isn't .tt the Trinidad &
Tobago area? The link is real and points to a .TT @ddress. Though it
looks like he/she is away at school (Boston University), this sounds
like a concerned citizen and more likely to be "in the know" than most
of us (I don't know your situation).
>Itīs true that the kidnap rate is going high in Trinidad, but " Mr cyb",
>should also say that the kidnappers donīt look for visitors, they are
>looking for local businees peoples with money.
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>A very common salery for locals in Trinidad may be some 5-600US per month,
>but many, many donīt even have the half of that. So when the kidnappers ask
>for some 500.000 - 2.000.000TTD and only get a part of that, they still get
>a lot in a locals view, for the kidnappers this is "business".
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By your own logic, visitors are usually rich enough. Heck, most of us
could pull US$300/day or more from the ATM machines. I don't believe
that someone whose morals allow them to kidnap is always going to stop
short of tourists.
And cruising sailors have reported high crime in the area. Not
kidnapping or violent crimes that I recall, but a lot of theft.
Heading east, though (Venesuala, I believe, and Columbia for sure) one
or two boats in transit is boarded and looted each month for maybe the
last year. The southern Caribbean isn't as safe as it used to be.
--
Jere Lull
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