Premier Alex Scott opened the UK Caribbean territories security conference yesterday pledging unity would help curb the common criminal foe.

Speaking at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess, the Premier told the conference ? which comprises Police Commissioners and Customs and Security chiefs ? that the territories could provide a model for the world to follow by working for a common cause. Mr. Scott said: ?If any one territory is threatened by serious organised crime then all of our territories are threatened. We need to come together.? Territories attending include Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and Turks and Caicos.