Purpose This paper aims to investigate the potential challenges that governments in the Commonwealth Caribbean are likely to face combating crimes facilitated by the dark Web. Design/methodology/approach The “lived experience” methodology guided by a contextual systematic literature review was used to ground the investigation of the research phenomena in the researchers’ collective experiences working in, living in and engaging in research with governments in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Findings The two major findings emerging from the analysis are that jurisdictional and technical challenges are producing major hindrances to the creation of an efficient and authoritative legislative framework and the building of the capacity of governments in the Commonwealth Caribbean to confront the technicalities that affect systematic efforts to manage problems created by the dark Web. Practical implications The findings indicate the urgency that authorities in the Caribbean region must place on reevaluating their administrative, legislative and investment priorities to emphasize cyber-risk management strategies that will enable their seamless and wholesome integration into this digital world. Originality/value The research aids in developing and extending theory and praxis related to the problematization of the dark Web for governments by situating the experiences of Small Island Developing States into the ongoing discourse.

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The Latin American and Caribbean region is considered one of the most violent areas in the world (Small Arms Survey, 2012). In 2005, the Caribbean had the highest, and Latin America the fifth highest, murder rate out of 15 regions in the world (United Nations Office on Drug and Crime [UNODC] & Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank [LAC World Bank], 2007). Unlike Latin America, in the Caribbean, most of the violence is social (Geneva Declaration Secretariat, 2011). Needless to say, government agencies, social scientists, and policymakers within the Caribbean are quite concerned with the high levels of interpersonal violence and its impact on families and children and on society as a whole (Harriott, 2008a).