The Children Who Disappear: T&T's Broken Missing Persons System
22 Apr 2025Tanya Charles-Mungal
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#social-issues
2 articles — Trinidad & Tobago news, culture, and lifestyle
2 articles — Trinidad & Tobago news, culture, and lifestyle
Every week, children go missing in Trinidad & Tobago. Most are found. Some are not. The system designed to protect them is chronically under-resourced, poorly coordinated, and — according to advocates — failing the most vulnerable in society.
Gang violence in Trinidad & Tobago has deep structural roots in poverty, inequality, and the drug trade. Years of military-style responses have failed. Experts say the only real solution is one no government has been willing to attempt at scale.