Thursday, May 4, 2017

WHY IS THE UNITED STATES GIVING REFUGE TO PANAMA'S CORRUPT (AND FUGITIVE) FORMER PRESIDENT ?

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Vargas Reynaga and Ricardo Martinelli   Evelyn Vargas Reynaga, the former attorney for the family of Panama's ex-President, Ricard...
Wednesday, May 3, 2017

DOMINICA'S ROGUE SALE OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW

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If you have ever read the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, you know that all the countries of the world, save one, are s...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

PROPOSED CAYMAN ISLANDS REGISTER OF BENEFICIAL OWNERS HAS NO TEETH

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The proposed Cayman Islands Register of beneficial Ownership of Corporate Information, which is reportedly slated to become effective i...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS PANAMA'S CORRUPT FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF BANKING ?

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In the wake of the flurry of anti-corruption cases, now showcased in the Republic of Panama, the individual who, more than most, was re...
Saturday, April 29, 2017

WHEN TURKEY CENSORS THE INTERNET, IT REDUCES COMPLIANCE EFFECTIVENESS

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This week's news, regarding the fact that the government of the Republic of Turkey is blocking local access, on the Internet, to Wi...
Thursday, April 27, 2017

UNREPORTED BOMBING OF HEZBOLLAH MUNITIONS FACILITY INSIDE LEBANON RAISES CONCERNS

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While world media attention was focused on an air attack, upon what has been described as an arms shipment, located near the Damascus a...

GRAND COURT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS BANS COPYING OF COURT FILES

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The Chief Justice of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has issued an order, prohibiting the public from making photocopies of cour...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

IS THE CHINESE EMBASSY IN DOMINICA SPYING ON THE UNITED STATES ?

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 This is the Embassy of the Peoples' Republic of China in Dominica. According to local sources, this structure has a very high degre...

ZARRAB'S ATTORNEY-POLITICANS ATTEMPT TO MINIMIZE HIS CRIMES, BUT INDICTMENT SAYS OTHERWISE

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The unsucessful political efforts, on behalf of the indicted Iranian oil sanctions violator, Reza Zarrab, reportedly conducted with seni...

INVESTIGATORS FIND MANY COSTA RICANS IN PANAMA PAPERS ARE PEPS

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 As each country delves deeply into the Panama Papers, they are finding, by and large, that many individuals investigators discover with...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

ARE THE MONEY LAUNDERING LAWYERS THE NEXT TARGETS FOR PANAMA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION PROSECUTORS ?

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I note that a prominent Panama City attorney, who represented the two sons of former (and fugitive) President Ricardo Martinelli is in h...
Monday, April 24, 2017

A NEW DICTATORSHIP EMERGES IN THE EAST CARIBBEAN

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The right of peaceable assembly may be one of the cherished rights of the English-speaking countries, but this week it was abolished ...

THIS WEEK'S PANAMANIAN BETTING POOL: WHAT DAY WILL MOSSACK AND FONSECA FLEE THE COUNTRY ?

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The hottest bet around Panama city these days involves picking the day when Jurgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, the senior partners of t...
Sunday, April 23, 2017

DOMINICA'S TARGETING OF WEALTHY CHINESE FOR ITS ECONOMIC PASSPORT PROGRAM IS HIGH RISK FOR THE WORLD'S BANKS

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Dominica PM Skerrit with officials from Chinese investment firm If you have been following the ongoing controversy involving the Citiz...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

OFAC PUBLISHES FAQ ON FILING A PETITION FOR REMOVAL FROM AN OFAC LIST

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If you were wondering how SDNs get off the OFAC list, the Office of Foreign Assets Control does have a page with Frequently Asked Quest...