Trinidad and Tobago: Energy Sector Security, Insider Threat, and Community Safety

Trinidad and Tobago operates the Caribbean's largest energy sector — LNG, petrochemical, and refining infrastructure that generates the majority of the nation's GDP and underpins the regional economy. That energy sector faces documented insider threat exposure that ISPI's research addresses specifically: access privilege concentration in small island organizational environments, social density that suppresses reporting of concerning behavior, and sole-provider workforce constraints that make standard institutional security responses operationally complex. Alongside energy security, Trinidad and Tobago faces homicide rates among the highest in the Caribbean — and documented limitations in the enforcement-only approaches that both the government and international partners have deployed.