US TIGHTENS VISA RULES; SINGLE ENTRY, ONLY VALID FOR 90 DAY PERIOD; OLD RULES NO LONGER IN FORCE

Issued by the White House

There has been a new decree from President Donald Trump: In addition to imposing a complete ban on Caribbean nationals emigrating to the United States, from the five CBI Eastern Caribbean states, America has now placed severe limitations on the issuance of visitor visas for citizens of ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, and the COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA. Only single entry visas will be granted for nationals from those countries, and they will be valid for 90 days. The prior 10 year, multiple entry visas will not longer be issued, due to what is stated was widespread abuse of that privilege. Visas for St. Kitts, St. Lucia and other Eastern Caribbean states remain paused at this time

The grounds for all these restrictions, which was stated in the Presidential Action, is the Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport sales programs being operated by the five Eastern Caribbean States.

$ 3bn CHINESE MONEY LAUNDERING KINGPIN ESCAPED SINGAPORE CRIMINAL DRAGNET BY ONE DAY USING HIS VANUATU CBI PASSPORT TO CHEAT JUSTICE

Information released this week in Singapore, regarding one of the principal Chinese players in the three billion dollar Singapore money laundering operation confirmed that he escaped the massive arrests by only one day, by leaving Singapore with his VANUATU Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport to exit with impunity. The details came out in connection with testimony from one of his subordinates, who was assigned the storage of the fugitive's $7m liquor collection, after he fled to avoid criminal prosecution for the money laundering of illicit mainland China gambling profits.

While we do not wish to portray all CBI passport holders as bad actors, a large portion of the world's transnational criminals arrested around the world are found to be holding, and employing, CBI passports to facilitate their offenses. we also remember that some of the other money launderers arrested in the Singapore case held ST. KITTS AND NEVIS passports. Compliance officers should always institute enhanced due diligence procedures on any customer or client or third party or counterparty, found to be using a CBI or CIP passport for identification or account opening.

ANOTHER WHISTLEBLOWER ACCUSES UNREGULATED ANGUILLA SHELL COMPANY OF MISCONDUCT FOR SEIZING HIS SIX FIGURE PROFITS IN INFINOX OFFSHORE SCANDAL

We have received a new report from an Asian reader who, after reviewing our recent investigative series on Anguilla, has detailed a tale of his CFD trading at INFINOX, through its offshore facilities. He asserts that, after he made a profit of USD$650,000, his funds were illegally seized, and his entire trade and transaction history deleted All his subsequent efforts to recover his funds have been in vain.

Of interest is the fact that, when he sought relief through the Mauritius regulator, he learned that the appropriate corporate entity is an Anguilla company. Inquiries from Anguilla regulatory authorities appear to have been totally ignored by INFINOX, and his next move is UK supervisory regulators, as although he was dealing with a Mauritius-licensed entity, it now appear that iut was an regulated Anguilla IBC. Our investigation continues.

WTF? FINCEN WRONGLY RESCINDS ITS LANDMARK ADVISORY ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIME CAUSED BY SAINT KITTS & NEVIS CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PASSPORTS; IF ANYTHING, THE SITUATION IS WORSE TODAY THAN IN 2014, DUE TO THE CARIBBEAN GALAXY SCANDAL

What on earth is going on over the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)? Someone over there has now rescinded its groundbreaking Advisory FIN-2014-A004, entitled PASSPORTS OBTAINED THROUGH ST. KITTS AND NEVIS CITIZENSHIP-BY-INVESTMENT PROGRAM USED TO FACILITATE FINANCIAL CRIME, whose content remains painfully accurate today, and was the first real FinCEN countermove against the widespread use of CBI by financial criminals.

If anything, the unlawful sale of tens of thousands of SKN passports by the Chinese controlled company, CARIBBEAN GALAXY GROUP, to dodgy Asian financial criminals, intelligence agents, sanctions evaders, and people engaged in industrial espionage for China, has made the situation worse than a decade ago, and the Trump Administration has, if anything, ratcheted up its focus on that corrupt Eastern Caribbean state in 2026. So what happened here?

America's bankers expect more from their primary AML/CFT regulatory agency than this complete lapse of judgment, but given that most senior leadership there only use it as a stepladder to a subsequent lucrative career in the private sector, rather than stay on for a decade or more, I guess we should not be surprised. FinCEN, reinstate Advisory 2014-A004, forthwith, so that compliance officers will continue to correctly regard CBI passports as high risk.

HOW MONEY LAUNDERERS VIEW IBC SHELL COMPANIES: "USE THEM, ABUSE THEM AND LOSE THEM"

"Prime Minister Gaston Browne says about 13,500 international business companies have been removed from the corporate registry as authorities move to strengthen compliance and oversight in the offshore sector." (Antigua Newsroom, 24, February, 2026.)

If you learned last week, on Nikki Phoenix' program, that 13,500 international business companies (IBC) were struck off (administratively dissolved) in Antigua and Barbuda, you know from my response that many of these corporations, most of whom were certainly formed by money launderers, had already fulfilled their illicit purpose, and were intentionally allowed to expire, before any serious beneficial ownership and officer information was disclosed to regulators. All this nonsense emanating from Antigua's Prime Minister, GASTON BROWNE, to the effect that the dissolution of this large number of companies was evidence of compliance success on the part of his government were merely covering up the fact that Antigua remains one of the most lax offshore jurisdictions for financial criminals.

In my old line of work, cleaning the proceeds of crime for narcotics traffickers, the modus operandi was to efficiently use, abuse and lose companies, way in advance of any reporting requirements imposed by regulators. Laundrymen are well aware of the Window of Opportunity which exists, between the formation of and IBC, and the date in which mandatory information must be delivered.

Therefore, the measure of anti-money laundering in any financial services jurisdiction is not how many dodgy shell companies have been allowed to expire, unmolested by local authorities, but how many money laundering prosecutions have been brought, and in Antigua, the answer is generally zero; I rest my case.

AMERICAN-OWNED COMPANY, HAVING LOST $50m DEPOSITED IN NOW TOTALLY INSOLVENT HAMILTON RESERVE BANK, SUES NEVIS REGULATOR, MINISTER OF FINANCE AND ATTORNEY GENERAL, TO RECOVER ITS FUNDS

One of the recurring nightmares that anyone who tempts the fates, and places large amounts of their capital in any offshore bank located in a Caribbean financial center has is waking up one morning to find that your millions of US Dollars are gone, and as there is no government insurance or other means of security, the loss is total and permanent. I can tell you from personal experience that it is a devastating, potentially life-changing event that I never want to wish on anyone.

A company, having deposited fifty million at Nevis-based HAMILTON RESERVE BANK, a dodgy offshore institution where a number of its clients have lost their funds, has taken the extraordinary step of filing suit, in a Caribbean court, against the local financial regulatory agency, the Minister of Finance, and the Attorney General, asserting massive violations of the NEVIS INTERNATIONAL BANKING ORDINANCE.

The victim, US-owned INTERCOASTAL FINANCE LTD. alleges that the defendants failed to properly supervise Hamilton's operations, which resulted in a breach of their duty to actively protect depositors and the public, and then later, when issues arose, failed to take control of the bank and its assets, neither revoking its banking license, nor properly winding down the bank's affairs.

In essence, the plaintiff asserts that the defendants were negligent, and violated banking statutes. They blame Nevis Premier MARK BRANTLEY, whom they allege secured their banking license, notwithstanding a clear conflict of interest, and whose political rise was supported by the bank.

Whether this litigation will ultimately affect the NEVIS ISLAND ADMINISTRATION, and result in the people of Nevis having to financially pick up the tab for governmental malfeasance, and this scandal have a knock-on effect on the Caribbean financial structure in general, is a major concern in the region. the case could severely impact the attractiveness of Caribbean offshore financial centers to new foreign investors, who will point to this scandal as evidence of instability, and look to financial services providers elsewhere. Even if a solution is eventually found, Nevis may not easily recover, and if other investors and clients of the bank go down this road, the consequences for Nevis will be catastrophic. 

FEDERAL JUDGE DECLINES TO RULE AGAINST NEW REPORTING FOR CASH RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE SALES; HOW WILL MONEY LAUNDERERS RESPOND?

                     

The legal challenge, brought by America's largest title insurers, failed last week, when a United States District Judge in Florida ruled against its Constitutional arguments. This means that, effective March 1, 2026, closing agents will be reporting all cash real estate transactions to regulators. See Case No.: 3:25-cv-554-WWB-SJH (MDFL).

The question now becomes, how will the money laundering fraternity, which has effectively cleaned the proceeds of crime through real estate transactions for decades, respond? Personally, I can think of a number of methods and techniques that will most likely be employed:

(1) Creating "financial entities," shell companies will names deceptively similar to banks and non-bank financial institutions, to fund the closings, using what purport to be mortgages and other types of financing, as the new regulation only applies to cash sales. The laundrymen will assume that the real estate agents involved don't look to closely at the "bank" extending the "loan."

(2) Working off the record directly with the seller, to have him create two closing statements, of which one is assumption of the existing mortgage, creating a phantom second mortgage (which is really cash under the table), when it is really a cash transaction.

(3) Looking for FSBO sellers ( For Sale by Owner) where there is no broker or title company , and where the seller is ignorant of the new regulation, or swayed by the offer of cash.

Remember, in the world of money laundering, you are only limited by your imagination; expect laundrymen to adapt to the new reporting requirement by driving around it, one way or the other. They will create new workarounds.

READ THE COMPLETE TEXT OF THE ORDER REQUIRING THE MASSIVE COST DEPOSIT IN THE CHOKSI UK CIVIL CASE

 

HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT IN GIBRALTAR

The chaos we have seen today at Mexican airports, and the advice being dispensed to travelers caught in the cross hairs, reminds me of the time I flew into GIB, Gibraltar International Airport, to lecture to the local compliance officers there on how money launderers operate. Apparently, they sent a welcoming committee to the airport to meet and greet me, which was unknown to me, but as I was bringing something for the attendees that Customs might want to examine, and possibly seize, for as I was not going to declare it, I had other plans.

Drawing upon my old days as a career money launderer used to artfully evading scrutiny upon arrival at dozens of international airports, I chose to embed myself in the midst of a large group of what appeared to be arriving British nationals on holiday. We call that Hiding in Plain Sight, and employing them as a screen, I was able to disappear into the crowd at the arrivals area.

When I arrived at my hotel, I received a call from a representative of the compliance association, wondering if I actually did make it to Gibraltar, and surprised that this old money launderer still had a few tricks up his sleeve.

I hope that the nervous American tourists now caught in a dangerous situation at Mexican hotels, and worried about Cartel gunmen showing up and creating possible personal threats find a way to blend into the background, and stay safe.

FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTS THAT ST. KITTS CITIZENSHIP BY INVESTMENT PROGRAM CHAIRMAN LES KHAN RECEIVED BRIBES FROM CARIBBEAN GALAXY WHILE RUNNING THE CIU

                                           

In an extensive article detailing the massive CBI illegal discounted pricing scandal, the Financial Times this week exposed the double dealing activities of LES KHAN a/k/a LESLIE KHAN, the Chairman of Saint Kitts & Nevis' corrupt Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport sales program. Khan received regular bribes and kickbacks, direct from the Chinese government-controlled passport sales vendor CARIBBEAN GALAXY GROUP, allowing Galaxy's heavily discounted (up to more than of the legal minimum price) passport sales to be approved, according to the FT story.

The article, THE MAN WHO SAW TOO MUCH, which we strongly recommend be reviewed by anyone with a interest in what is referred to as the investment migration industry, tracks the story of Hollywood film producer PHILIPPE MARTINEZ, whose Caribbean moviemaking operations in Saint Kitts and Nevis, MSR Media, become a participant in the two-island nation's Citizenship by Investment program. Martinez, who publicly exposed the fraud, money laundering and corruption that permeated the CBI program, and who uncovered Galaxy's central role in dominating the illegal sales of tens of thousands of passports to Chinese nationals, who used the SKN travel documents to enter the United States and commit crimes and espionage on behalf of China, opened the door to revealing the full extent of the expanding Chinese national security threat to America, through CBI.

Readers can find the article here:

https://www.ft.com/content/77670792-4ec4-4ce6-aa4d-476733813a52

MORE DISTURBING FACTS EMERGE IN ANTIGUA'S ALFA NERO SCANDAL

                                

If you didn't have the opportunity to watch last night's panel discussion, conducted by investigative journalist NIKKI PHOENIX, featuring three Antiguan attorneys and yours truly, regarding the ALFA NERO Antigua yacht scandal, you missed an outstanding detailed analysis of the issues. We learned that the government of Antigua was offered $67m for the seized Russian Yacht, valued at USD$150m, but curiously accepted a much smaller $40m offer. Moreover, $4m of the purchase price was not delivered at closing, and only when issues were raised did part of the unpaid balance get remitted. A suspicious $450,000 "referral fee," paid to an Antiguan diplomat, also was part of the unfolding scandal.

The most disturbing aspect of the new information revealed at this discussion is the fact that the yacht is mysteriously now being offered for sale, by the new owners, at a price substantially higher than it was sold for by Antigua. Was the entire sale a sham, intended to benefit undisclosed senior members of the Government of Antigua, specifically to benefit Prime Minister GASTON BROWNE, who is reputed to have received a secret "commission" at the rate of 50%?

Antigua attorney VERE BIRD III raised the important point of who will pay for the ultimate disposition of the Russian claims that the vessel, which contained an extremely valuable art collection, was illegally sold. The mysterious missing government file, which cannot now be found, the fact that the sales proceeds does not appear in government accounts, and the disclosure by the country's digital information head that all the data on the sale have been wiped from digital records, all add up to a criminal conspiracy to enrich certain parties hiding in the shadows, including by not limited to GASTON BROWNE. We doubt that the answers will ever surface, and the people of Antigua will most likely end up paying the bill for the illegal sale, and diversion of proceeds from, a Russian luxury yacht that Antigua had no legal right to sell whatsoever.

Our thanks to DR. KEN SAMUEL, VERE BIRD III, and the HON. SHERFIELD BOWEN, for their active participation on the program, and Nikki Phoenix for moderating.

Here is my segment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8HAMdHndlU&t=6s

IRAQI WAR CRIMINALS LIVING IN THE UK, ENTERED WITH SAINT KITTS CBI PASSPORTS, USED BRITISH SUBJECTS AS HUMAN SHIELDS IN KUWAIT IN THE GULF WAR

What really gets me about the law in the United Kingdom is the fact that there are Iraqi nationals formerly with Saddam's regime, residing in London, who the authorities won't extradite to face justice in Iraq, because British authorities fear they will face "inhuman or degrading treatment" there. These are the same individuals who committed murder, torture and Crimes Against Humanity for Saddam, and left with millions of US Dollars in cash. These individuals entered the UK with SAINT KITTS & NEVIS CBI PASSPORTS, issued by then SKN CIU Chairman LES KHAN; why isn't Khan serving time in a UK prison today? Because the British Government has no spine.

LES KHAN and CARIBBEAN GALAXY's YING JIN

The ultimate insult is that some of these Iraqi officials, who committed a documented 2000 war crime against British citizens, actually used British citizens as human shields in Kuwait during the Gulf War, and later got immunity from prosecution from the UK government. Will someone please explain that to me?

US MILITARY STRIKES ST. LUCIA DRUG TRAFFICKERS; HALF A BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF COCAINE WASHES AHORE IN SAINT VINCENT

For those people who have dismissed the United States' current counter drug campaign in the Eastern Caribbean as Big Stick colonialism, this week's news should provide a wake up call regarding the truth. This week, an American drone attacked a vessel carrying a huge load of cocaine en route to North America, resulting in the death of three individuals, some of whom have been identified as citizens of SAINT LUCIA. After the attack, an estimated USD$500,000,000 of cocaine washed up on the beaches of Saint Vincent. So you see, the danger is real; the drug threat continues to constitute a Clear and Present Danger to the United States, to authorize the strong American naval presence in the region.

 The Labour Government of Saint Lucia, including its Prime Minister, PHILIP J.PIERRE, who has been accused of associating with his country's organized crime cocaine gangs, to assist him with election fraud and the buying of votes at National Election time, in exchange for immunity from criminal prosecution, is strangely silent about the news. Sources in Saint Lucia advise that PM Pierre regularly receives drug profits to supplement his campaign fund, and that he does not fear the US Department of Justice, so long as he is able to repeatedly buy his reelection, and thereby foil and possible extradition to America, but we wonder what he thinks about what happened to Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, whom Pierre closely associated with?

THE REAL REASON WHY CARIBBEAN LEADERS ARE SILENT, DESPITE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN RESTRICTIONS ON VISAS AND GREEN CARDS, AND TUMULT ON THE HIGH SEAS

Readers who have been asking why St. Kittts Foreign Minister DENZIL DOUGLAS, St. Lucia Investment Minister ERNEST HILAIRE, Antigua Prime Minister GASTON BROWNE, Dominica PM ROOSEVELT SKERRIT, and all the other senior leaders of the Five Eastern Caribbean states with CBI programs, are curiously silent, notwithstanding the imposition of severe restrictions upon the ability of their citizens to enter or reside in the United States; the answer is simple. All of these leaders have extremely large bank accounts, real estate holdings, and other significant properties in amounts that far exceed their legitimate income and assets, and which were obtained through bribes, kickbacks and other forms of financial crime, and the U.S. Department of Justice knows precisely where they are located; all of this information was revealed during Discovery proceedings in Federal Court, and shared with the DOJ by the plaintiffs in civil litigation.

That is why, aside from small public statements by Caribbean leaders condemning President Trump for America's visa restrictions, and the naval counter drug campaign (which this week took the lives of Saint Lucia citizens allegedly engaged in drug trafficking), the leadership has pointedly refrained from angering a resurgent America, whose new foreign policy directly affects each and every West Indian who wishes to visit the United States, or reside there. Add the arrest of Venezuelan dictator NICOLAS MADURO from office, and Caribbean leaders wonder which amongst them might be next, as their close personal relationship with the Venezuelan dictator could have unintended consequences for them, resulting in one or more of them standing the dock in an American courtroom, charged with money laundering, fraud and violations of our anti-corruption laws .

US warship in St. Lucia waters

So, we trust that our readers now understand why the Caribbean leadership now stands mute; they fear the loss of their ill-gotten gains, and their freedom, at the hands of the American goliath.

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ANTIGUA'S ALFA NERO SCANDAL, BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK

FRIDAY 7 P.M. EASTERN TIME; ON FACEBOOK AND YOUTUBE. WATCH ME EXPOSE THE DARK TRUTH ABOUT THE MISSING MILLIONS AND ANTIGUA PRIME MINISTER GASTON BROWNE'S PRIMARY ROLE IN THE COVERUP.  

Here's the link for Friday's Program:

https://www.facebook.com/morningsip268/