WE TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO THE PEPS OF ANTIGUA WHO USE DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS FOR MONEY LAUNDERING, FRAUD AND CORRUPTION ON BEHALF OF PM GASTON BROWNE AND HIS LABOUR PARTY

If you remember that ALEX SAAB MORAN, the Colombian money launderer had a diplomatic passport from Antigua and Barbuda, designating him an "Economic Envoy" without an assignment, posting or  any responsibilities or official duties, which he used to launder for Venezuela's President NICOLAS  MADURO and the drug trafficking CARTEL DEL SOL, then you know that in Antigua, Diplomatic credentials are handed out like candy to Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) affiliated with Prime Minister GASTON BROWNE. You may have even read our article ANTIGUA, WHERE EVEN THE DOGCATCHER HAS A DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT.

Taken verbatim from an exhibit in the §1782 Discovery proceeding, IN RE GASTON BROWN CORRUPTION DISCOVERY APPLICATION, Case No.; 24-mc-00098-JMF (SDNY),  is a somewhat dated official list of all active diplomatic passports issued and outstanding by Antigua and Barbuda. Many of these PEPs, who are closely linked to PM Browne's corrupt government, use them to evade customs and immigration controls, launder money, facilitate transnational fraud, and promote official corruption involving China, Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, Iran, North Korea and other countries. 

Compliance officers might want to check these names against your client, customer and counterparty lists, and to act accordingly, if you find any confirmed matches, as many PEPs conceal that status when opening accounts. Happy hunting, ladies and gentlemen.