about handling criminal cases on St. Maarten. The Law Enforcement Council report states that relevant judicial organizations such as the St. Maarten Police Force (KPSM) the National Detectives Agency (NDA) and the Prosecutor’s Office (OM) are generally equipped to expeditiously handle criminal cases in reasonable time. The same Law Enforcement Council released a report earlier […]
And why it is staying so long to find the suspects and bring them to justice… It has been well over one year now, May 29 2022 to be exact, that a robbery at the Manning’s family home in point blanche turned deadly. Both husband and wife were awaken to their home been ransacked in […]
This is the finding out-lined by the law Enforcement Council in their final report on the state of law enforcement on St. Maarten. At the end of April 2023, the Law Enforcement Council (the Council) presented its most recent State of Law Enforcement (the State) – focusing on the year 2022 – directly to both […]
Criminal Investigation Team (RST) reportedly arrested Member of Parliament and leader of the United People’s Party on Friday March 17th. Searches were carried out by the Chief Judicial Magistrate (RC) in the early hours of Friday at the suspect place of residence and at the Parliament building where he works. The arrest and the house […]
A Press statement issued by the Prosecutor’s office on July 8, 2022, revealed that 13 and 17 years imprisonment were handed down to two persons for lewd Sexual acts with minors. The Court of First Instance ruled in the case against the two suspects, whose initials are B.E.H.S. and J.D.W.. Both of whom were suspected […]
Some Twelve new customs officers took the oath of office at the Government Administration Building on Friday, April 22nd in the presence of Honorable Minister of Justice Anna E. Richardson. It was a symbolic ceremony held to mark the occasion. This is the first group of cadets to have completed their training course which was […]
What this could mean for more routine controls on the streets of St Maarten. The Justice Minister Anna Richardson says this must be a proud moment for the officers, having completed their training and officially drafted in the justice chain as new cadets. The Justice Minister along with the PM Silveria Jacobs and His Excellency […]
The justice Ministry is behind a series of joint controls that are rippling through the Business and residential communities on the Island. These continuous operations are meant to clean up the country’s image says the Justice Minister Anna Richardson. The joint controls is also meant to serve as a means of enforcing compliance with residence […]
After the former Leader of the USP party was summoned to court this past Thursday, to answer to criminal charges, The Politician emotionally tells the court he feels he has being unfairly targeted in the investigation. He said he is confused about what’s happening to him and that it appears he is alone in all […]
This article is written by Attorney Suehendra Leon and first published in the Daily Herald; Her legal view, suggest that for the average citizen to understand and know the laws of the country in which they live and don’t understand the language in which the laws are written and interpreted, can only lead to the […]
