CONCACAF signs agreement with INTERPOL to combat match-fixing
MIAMI, FL (Monday, May 12, 2014) – The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), announced today the signing of a formal cooperation agreement with the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) aimed at intensifying the ongoing work…
Caribbean medical school founder gets 2 years in tax case (1)
By David Voreacos and Susannah Nesmith From Bloomberg A Florida psychiatrist who helped her husband build two Caribbean medical schools was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in a conspiracy to hide millions of dollars in income…
Commentary: Never be normal again…
By Phillip Edward Alexander From Caribbean News Now Following the unspeakable horror that was the slaying of well known legal activist Dana Seetahal, there are some who are already eager for us to ‘return to normal.’ But how can we?…
UK Police officer fraud – from Lurpak to Caribbean holidays
By David Stubbings From Get Surrey See the companies and shops defrauded by ex-police chief inspector Tanya Brookes and read a full transcript of what Judge Andrew Barnett said as he jailed her for two-and-a-half years “I must deal with…
Apple set to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion
By Joe Cox From What Hifi? Apple is reportedly set to buy Beats Electronics in a $3.2 billion deal, which would be the largest ever acquisition by Apple. The deal would see Apple take control of the Beats by Dre…
Man robbed Camana Way, WB Rd – 2 in custody
From RCIPS Sat May 10 2014 At about 11:03 pm on Friday 9 May 2014, a man was walking along Camana Way, West Bay Road when he was accosted by four males, one of whom was armed with a machete….
Northward Prison intercepts more contraband
Prison Officers at Her Majesty’s Cayman Islands Prison Northward continue to battle with the threat of contraband being smuggled into the prison system. Four pounds of ganja and six bottles of rum were recently discovered inside the prison perimeter, in…
Bahamas crime watch: how do you manage a country’s reputation with stories like these?
By Jim Walker From Jim walker’s Cruise Law News accounts of violent crime against both tourists and residents in the Bahamas continue to be regularly published in the international and local press. David Jessop, the Managing Director of the Caribbean…
[Former BBC broadcaster] Stuart Hall ‘raped teenage girls in BBC dressing room’
From BBC The 84-year-old former BBC broadcaster denies 20 charges of rape Stuart Hall groomed two girls and raped them in his BBC dressing room, a court has heard. Mr Hall, then 47, invited one of the girls to the…
Cocaine shipments through the Caribbean on the rise
By Maye Primera in Miami From El Pais Smugglers being forced to use alternative routes following crackdowns in Mexico At midnight on April 9, a US Customs border patrol discovered a 1.5-ton cocaine shipment on board a high-speed boat heading…
