Criminologist, Professor Ramesh Deosoran says that gangs are setting up Mafia type operations in communities to exploit the lack of proper delivery of Government’s social services.
Professor Deosoran was speaking on national Television this morning.
In lending this so called helping hand to residents, Deosoran says, community’s now feel a debt of gratitude to these criminal elements.
According to the Criminologist, criminals are revered as heroes by young men in particular and gang culture has become a lifestyle. He says there are mixed feelings towards gangs and their leaders in Trinidad and Tobago.
Alexander Seales