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Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, has welcomed the amendment to the Anti-Gang Legislation which provides greater prominence to crimes of praedial larceny, and will ensure harsher penalties for offenders.

Minister Green says the Legislation, which is named on the books as The Criminal Justice (Suppression of Criminal Organisations) (Amendment) Act, 2021, correctly identifies the trends that exist in praedial larceny, wherein many organized gangs are involved in the crime.

Praedial Larceny is a major crime and in a number of areas in Jamaica, is being...