WE AWAIT A RULING IN CASE THAT PROMISES TO EXPOSE DECADES OF MONEY LAUNDERING, OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND FRAUD IN ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

We have been closely following the GASTON BROWNE CORRUPTION DISCOVERY APPLICATION in SDNY, a §1782 proceeding which seeks the production of evidence that Antigua's allegedly corrupt Prime Minister, GASTON ALFONSO BROWNE, diverted and stole ten million US Dollars from the illegal government sale of a privately-owned luxury yacht. The District Judge ordered subpoenas issued on March 17, 2025, and subsequently there were Motions to Intervene and to Quash filed. The issue is whether the Motions to Quash will be denied.

The potential global impact of the case cannot be understated. Antigua has been infected with official, systemic, corruption since independence, and the evidence which will most likely be produced will have far-reaching consequences, implicating senior members of both the present, as well as prior, governments, and may even expose illegal actions of the leaders of other Eastern Caribbean states as well, who are known to associate with Antigua's most senior officials.

Antigua PM Gaston Browne

The recent landmark §1782 case, MSR MEDIA SKN vs. HARRIS and CARIBBEAN GALAXY, which exposed massive CBI corruption in both Saint Kitts and Saint Lucia, and whose production of Discovery even reportedly detailed extensive criminal conduct in GRENADA and DOMINICA, exposed a dark world of bribes and kickbacks in the billions of dollars, and poses an existential threat to the corrupt Caribbean Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) programs. It is believed that, should the Gaston Browne subpoenas be allowed to issue, that the consequences for Antigua's senior officials, and other parties abroad, will be significant and damning. Whether it will permanently sour foreign investment in the region is a potential consequence that has now surfaced as a major issue. We will be closely monitoring all developments in this matter as they occur.