T&T lauded for naming 25 crime organisations as FTOs

The Unit­ed States Em­bassy in Trinidad and To­ba­go says T&T has tak­en a ma­jor step in strength­en­ing re­gion­al co­op­er­a­tion against nar­co-ter­ror­ism by join­ing the Unit­ed States in des­ig­nat­ing 25 crim­i­nal or­gan­i­sa­tions as for­eign ter­ror­ist or­gan­i­sa­tions.

In a post on its so­cial me­dia pages yes­ter­day, the em­bassy said Trinidad and To­ba­go was the first Shield of the Amer­i­c­as coun­try to join the Unit­ed States in mak­ing the des­ig­na­tions.

Trinidad and To­ba­go joined the Shield of the Amer­i­c­as at the ini­tia­tive’s in­au­gur­al sum­mit in Do­ral, Flori­da, on March 7, 2026, where Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar was among the re­gion­al lead­ers in­vit­ed by US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump.