WAS MURDER OF ANTIGUA MP ASOT MICHAEL CIP-RELATED? GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR SCOTLAND YARD ASSISTANCE IN SOLVING HOMICIDE

The recent murder of ASOT MICHAEL, the Antigua MP considered by many to be the Poster Boy for Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CIP/CBI) corruption, has caused the Government of Antigua to request that Britain's Scotland Yard conduct the investigation, leading observers to wonder whether his long, dark history of CIP corruption was a factor in his demise, and that local law enforcement therefore cannot be trusted to obtain justice for the victim. As the former Minister with the Investment portfolio, Michael was a key player in the economic citizenship & passport program, which approved citizenships for a number of dodgy individuals involved in fraud, financial crime and money laundering, and who passports remain valid after their arrests and convictions.

As we have previously reported, there were two international incidents involving the discovery of blank Antigua CIP passports, and some experts are saying the homicide has all the hallmarks of a contract hit, and not due to any personal vendetta, or unhappy foreign investor that Michael failed to secure requested "unofficial" government assistance for. Whether CIP corruption is determined to be was a factor we cannot say, but hope that the investigation determines if it was.