Investors in Antigua Airways, now out of business when it failed to meet regional aviation safety standards, are alleging fraud, in that they never received their stock certificates in the defunct company, which was a joint venture between the Government of Antigua & Barbuda and a private Nigerian company, under Antigua's Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport scheme. The operation suggest that it is similar to the failed Grenada CBI passport scheme, known as GSA, run by Swedish national Soren Anders Dawody, where the investors received their passport, but the investment was never made ..read more

Exhibit from US vs. Alex Saab Moran (SDFL). To: Swartz, Bruce (CRM)                                                                                                                          From: Abrams, Elliot                      &n ..read more

I was once asked to give a presentation before a compliance association at one of Europe's tax havens/offshore financial centers. The evening before, I flew in from Heathrow; not expecting that anyone would be meeting me in the Arrivals Hall, I went directly to my hotel via taxi, and began preparing for the lecture. The telephone then rang; it was the lead organizer. Apparently, they had gone to the airport to meet me, and to drop me at the hotel, not knowing that I knew the city from my prior life as a laundryman. They were surprised to learn that I had actually arrived because they had cl ..read more

Government-controlled media in the Commonwealth of Dominica has gone to great pains to showcase what has been referred to as the first money laundering conviction under the new law, the amendments to the Money Laundering Prevention Act, Chapter 73. Cash in the amount of €162,000 was reportedly seized by the Anti-Crime Task Force on July 4, 2021, and three charges of money laundering were filed against the EDWIN DANIEL REYES GARCIA, said to be a Venezuelan national. The defendant pled guilty to a single count of money laundering and was sentenced to two years in jail. The money seized was ord ..read more

Neil Schuster, Esq. The presence of Miami attorney Neil Schuster, who is a noted appellate and post-conviction specialist, with 30 years of experience, as one of the attorneys of record in the Miami Federal money laundering case of ALEX NAIN SAAB MORAN, may indicate that Moran's primary law firm is expecting that their client may lose his current appeal asserting immunity from prosecution, and ultimately be convicted at trial. While the law imposes a presumption of innocence, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida has a stellar record in securing convictions i ..read more

Details of a planned private suite service at Miami International Airport, targeting wealthy scheduled airline travelers who will pay $4000 to avoid the MIA crowds is disturbing, because the situation, where clients will be pampered and accommodated preflight in every way could lend itself to the unwitting facilitation of money laundering.The former Pan Am facility on 36th Street will be used for the private terminal. The arrangement, which is reportedly already in use at LAX, comtemplates personalized TSA checks, luxury treatment of clients, and in general an atmosphere that one usually see ..read more

As reported today, the forced resignation of the Executive Director of MONEYVAL, the AML regulatory agency, on grounds of his proven link to Russian intelligence, causes us to examine each and every major MONEYVAL decision rendered on his watch. What did he do that was illegal, and when did he do it? The most important question that we must ask is: Did Russian intelligence influence the highly favorable report the agency rendered on the Republic of Malta? As we know, notwithstanding that report, FATF still Greylisted the island nation at the time. Remember, Malta's AML/CFT enforcement is, o ..read more

When you write about rampant corruption, you get a bull's eye painted on your back. It's worse in the Caribbean, where a total lack of significant American or British influence results in regimes that openly sell diplomatic passports, fly in cooperative expat voters to fix national elections, and offer Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passports to all international white collar criminals who pay in cash with Greenbacks, US Dollars means that journalists who cover financial crime there are instant targets. Five years ago, I began focusing upon CBI corruption in the five East Caribbean st ..read more

Our continuing investigation into the unfolding story of India's Most Wanted Fugitive, MEHUL CHOKSI, which revealed recently that INTERPOL has cancelled and nullified the Red Card Notice outstanding against him, moves forward. The agency action means that Choksi is now free to leave Antigua, where he has found safe harbour for years, due to his prior purchase of an Antigua Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passport and citizenship. At this point, the only jurisdiction where he now faces arrest is his native India, where he is sought in connection with funds fraudulently obtained from a governm ..read more

Soren Anders Dawody Our article the other day about SOREN DAWODY, the "developer" behind the failed Grenada GSA Aquaculture fraud, must have struck a nerve. He previously attempted to intimidate me into removing the articles I have published about his fraudulent conduct, by having a defamation attorney contact me with a notice,hoping that I would take them down, fearing litigation. I did not, and no lawsuit resulted. He then tried to settle the matter with me, but never followed through. From the numerous hit on my articles from readers in the Ukraine and elsewhere, it is obvious th ..read more