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JCF rejects claims of statistical manipulation

WESTERN BUREAU: The police have flatly rejected a suggestion that the island’s crime figures are being under-reported. According to the Jamaica Constabulary Force’s (JCF) latest crime statistics, up to August 3, there were some 692 murders across...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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