Jamaica halting exports of scrap as thefts rocket

Nov 05, 2007 | 06:14 AM | Michael Marley

Jamaica has temporarily blocked exports of scrap metal amid a government investigation of the scrap trade.

The ban was imposed because thefts of public and private property had reached crisis proportions and could no....





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