Congressmen want review of guntrafficking from US to Caribbean The Nassau Guardian

Three United States (US) congressmen have asked the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) to conduct a review into the illegal trafficking of firearms from the US to the Caribbean. Congressmen Joaquin Castro, Richard Durbin and Gregory Meeks said they have seen “high levels of gun violence and trafficking of illicit firearms across the Western Hemisphere”. “Arms trafficking originating in the United States is drawing increased scrutiny from US law enforcement and increased concern from Caribbean leaders,” they wrote in an April 3 letter. “Media reports cite Bahamian claims that more than 90 percent of guns confiscated and used as murder…