Criminal networks have infiltrated both the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) and Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP), according to police intelligence reports.

National security sources told the Express that the police have information of a grand scheme where gangs were using these programmes as revenue streams for illicit activities.

One East Trinidad gang is said to have illegitimately secured jobs under URP for its members in Arima, Carapo and Malabar.