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More blame for Gary

National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds accuses former C.O.P Gary Griffith of being responsible for the U.S. government pulling funding for S.O.R.T. In 2021.

The US ceased assistance to Trinidad and Tobago’s special operations team (SORT) due to human rights violations allegations stemming from the deaths of suspects in the Andrea Bharrat murder in 2021. The move supposedly followed a meeting between US officials and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Former Police Commissioner Gary Griffith’s remarks were criticized, and National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds and Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne highlighted the impact of US defunding on national security cooperation.