SAINT LUCIA GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER UP MONEY LAUNDERING EVIDENCE ON CIP AGAINST PRIME MINISTER PIERRE AND THE SLLP, IN EXCHANGE FOR THEMSELVES NOT BEING NAMED IN OTHER EGREGIOUS CRIMINAL CONDUCT

In a curious development originating in the Eastern Caribbean, some senior government officials in Saint Lucia have reached out to American law enforcement, identifying both Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre and leaders in the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLLP) in a major money laundering operation that reportedly employed a CIP and drug trafficking scheme to launder criminal profits to themselves, in cash. These officials are said to possess incriminating evidence in support of their statements.

The stated reason for their proffered cooperation is a genuine concern that they will themselves now be identified as involved in a specific type of despicable criminal conduct, and their strong desire to stop this from being publicly exposed, which would seriously damage their reputations in the community. Knowledge of their commission of heinous crimes would taint and mark them in the small Caribbean island state, whose total population is only 180,000.

The fact that this first-hand information and evidence was offered up at a location outside Saint Lucia speaks volumes regarding their fears that their betrayal will not leak back to their leaders, as political homicide is no stranger to that island state. We decline to name which government agency the individuals who are seeking to parlay their inside information for immunity and anonymity, as they. might then be identified by longtime residents familiar with government staff.