Kaieteur News - Criminality has returned with a vengeance under the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) regime. We are witnessing an escalation in white collar crime, government excesses and extra judicial killings; the return of criminal activities on the ground, such as brazen gun violence much of which are associated with the underworld. Finding the criminals is not just about who committed the crime but finding the engineers and architects of the crimes.The killing of Royden ‘Smallie’ Williams at the hands of the police, even though a convicted criminal and many may find relief in his death, has left us none the wiser as to his contact, modus operandi, and those with whom he associated with, leading up to and after his escape.And whilst the families, whose loved ones were murdered at the hands of Williams, may find some solace from his death, all should be reminded of the sage advice of the late former Chancellor of the Judiciary, and Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Keith Massiah, S.C.In his 2005 Minority Report on the Gajraj Commission of Inquiry into the phantom squad killings he had this to say:“Killings, however reasonable and expedient in the opinion of many persons of goodwill, ought not to be countenanced. Even the alleged serial killer, the persistent rapist and the paedophile, detestable as those pariahs are, enjoy the fundamental right to a fair hearing and the full protection of due process. Persons who are thought to have committed crimes must be arrested, charged and tried in a court of law. Nothing less can be accepted.”