{"id":26477,"date":"2025-02-09T02:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26477"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:44:28","slug":"home-affairs-ministry-prioritizes-surveillance-and-technology-in-2025-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/home-affairs-ministry-prioritizes-surveillance-and-technology-in-2025-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Affairs Ministry Prioritizes Surveillance and Technology in 2025 Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Nakasia Logan | January 21, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, outlined key priorities for the ministry in the 2025 budget, with a focus on enhanced surveillance and technological advancements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $108.7 billion allocation aims to strengthen efforts against transnational crime, including gun and drug smuggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One major initiative will involve the expansion of scanning technology, particularly at entry points for goods coming into Guyana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will play a crucial role in improving the scanning of containers and goods, particularly for items such as boxes, barrels, and large shipments, to prevent the illegal entry of guns and drugs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Benn referenced a significant cocaine bust in the North West Region as a step forward in combating these crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry also emphasized the importance of regional and international collaborations, including with CARICOM IMPACS, Brazil, Suriname, the UK Police, and Interpol. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent successes include the extradition of an individual to the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these efforts, Benn acknowledged the need for more resources and stressed the government&#8217;s continued commitment to tackling organized crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further investments in local and international training will also help equip law enforcement to address the evolving nature of transnational crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $108.7 billion budget will facilitate these upgrades and further enhance Guyana\u2019s security capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nakasia Logan | January 21, 2025 Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn, outlined key priorities for the ministry in the 2025 budget, with a focus on enhanced surveillance and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26478,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26477\/revisions\/26478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}