THERE'S ANOTHER VERY GOOD REASON WHY THE UNITED STATES SHOULD CRACK DOWN ON THE EAST CARIBBEAN STATES; THEIR REPEATED FAILURE TO EXTRADITE MONEY LAUNDERERS

This is the US BUREAU OF PRISONS information page on Antigua's former lead banking regulator, LEROY KING, who facilitated ALLEN STANFORD's $7bn ponzi scheme. it took the US more than a decade to extradite King, because, in the East Caribbean states, corrupt, and in many cases anti-American, senior government fix their country's court system to delay extradition requests of Caribbean money launderers indefinitely.

Local Caribbean judges, acting under the arrogant orders of their corrupt leaders, find ways to delay extradition proceedings for years, even decades, by changes assigned judges, allowing dilatory filings and appeals ad nauseam, changing prosecutors, and every dirty little trick available to them under local rules of procedure.

The reason for these delays is often the fact that, if the offenders enter a guilty plea in the United States, cooperating to mitigate their twenty years to life sentences, they would implicate their sitting government leaders and members of the ruling political party in serious felonies cognizable under American criminal law. There is also the political aspect; many EC government leaders are more aligned with the dictatorial regimes in Cuba and Venezuela than Western democracies, and they never miss a chance to tweak the "Collosses of the North" when they have the opportunity to do so.

Therefore, we welcome the current efforts of the new American administration, which may have its faults, but holding the dysfunctional states of the East Caribbean accountable for their sins and transgressions is definitely not one of them.Until we see actual reform in the region, there's no reason why corrupt government leaders should be able to party in Miami, invest in American real estate, and make plans for future luxurious retirement in New York City with the proceeds of corruption, as well as those who have continuously voted them into office.