(Jamaica Observer) Security Minister Peter Bunting this morning launched the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Task Force, an initiative targeting the major players of Jamaica’s criminal networks and crooked officials.
The task force will identify, investigate and prosecute crooks, and crime facilitators such as lawyers, bankers, and other public officials.
Unlike other anti-corruption initiatives, MOCA will specifically focus on taking the profit out of crime, said Bunting.
“Targeting these top bosses and their facilitators is a most effective way of degrading criminal networks, seizing their assets, and undermining their power, which ultimately allows the network to be permanently dismantled,” said Bunting.
MOCA will include representatives from the Jamaica Constabulary Force, the Jamaica Defence Force, the Financial Investigation Division, the Taxpayer Audit and Assessment Department, among others.
This morning’s launch was held at the Police Officers’ Club on Hope Road, St Andrew.
