U.S. Requests More Narcotics Traffickers from Jamaica and Presses Jamaica to Use Its Forfeiture Tools against Traffickers

On July 30, 2010, the Jamaican Observer reported that in a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Kingston Arturo Valenzuela, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State, revealed that a number of extradition requests for suspected Jamaican criminals remain to be processed by the Jamaican government and called for better effectiveness of the use of Proceeds of Crime Act against organized crime in Jamaica...(more)...