THE HAGUE - The Advisory Council for International Affairs (AIV) in the Netherlands still finds intelligence cooperation and the exchange of personnel difficult on the islands. This is evident from the report "Security and rule of law in the Caribbean".
The AIV says that a criminal intelligence unit is actually needed for the effective functioning of the judicial system. The Council says that the current units are often aware of local developments, but are themselves too small to improve them. According to the AIV, this is most serious in Aruba, the only country that is not a party to the Public Prosecution Act. But all islands are actually unable to cope with the threats of international organized crime.