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On 10 December 2025, a federal jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands convicted two of the territory’s former senior public officials in a corruption scheme involving government contracting, federal recovery money, private benefits and an attempte
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FEDERAL MONEY FOR SALE
On 10 December 2025, a federal jury in the U.S. Virgin Islands convicted two of the territory’s former senior public officials in a corruption scheme involving government contracting, federal recovery money, private benefits and an attempte
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THE MINISTER, THE PERMITS AND THE MANGOES
On 26 March 2026, the Court of First Instance of Sint Maarten sentenced former Minister of Public Housing, Spatial Planning, Environment and Infrastructure Christopher Emmanuel to 29 months of unconditional imprisonment.
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THE CANDIDATES, THE CASH AND THE ELECTION DAY QUESTION
Saint Lucia’s 1 December 2025 general election ended in a landslide for the Saint Lucia Labour Party.
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THE PRIME MINISTER, THE SUPERYACHT AND THE $40 MILLION SALE
The Alfa Nero entered Antigua and Barbuda as a sanctioned asset problem and became a public-governance problem.
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THE PRESIDENT AND THE GANG ECONOMY
On 20 August 2024, the United States imposed sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly, accusing one of Haiti’s most powerful former political figures of participating in the infrastructure surrounding international narco
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THE PREMIER CONVICTED
On 5 August 2024, former British Virgin Islands Premier Andrew Alturo Fahie was sentenced in Miami federal court to 135 months in prison after a jury convicted him of cocaine-trafficking and money-laundering conspiracies.
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THE PREMIER, THE PORTS AND THE COCAINE ROUTE
On 28 April 2022, Andrew Alturo Fahie, then Premier and Minister of Finance of the British Virgin Islands, was arrested in Miami by U.S. authorities.
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THE PRIME MINISTER, THE CASINO BOSS AND THE SWISS ACCOUNT
On 7 September 2021, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands rejected the final challenge to an asset-confiscation order against former Curaçao Prime Minister Gerrit Schotte.
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