China’s elite caught storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven
Posted by sage From Golden Age of Gai By James Ball, The Guardian Relatives of political leaders including China’s current president and former premier named in trove of leaked documents from the British Virgin Islands. More than a dozen family…
St Lucia police to charge three in murder of British tourist
[*see update below – 2 more arrests] From Caribbean360 The results of a post mortem on Robert Pratt indicate that he died of asphyxia secondary to blunt force trauma. CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday January 22, 2014, CMC – Charges are…
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Former Tempura boss files criminal complaint Martin Bridger, the former senior investigator in Operation Tempura has filed a criminal complaint with Cayman Islands Police Commissioner David Baines against Attorney General Samuel Bulgin, former Governor Stuart Jack and the U.K.’s Foreign…
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East End stabbing – Man charged and due in court The 48-year-old man who was arrested following an altercation at a house in the East End area last Wednesday (15 January) has been charged and is due to appear in…
US War on Drugs is an abysmal failure
By Michael Kelley From Business Insider The ‘First Global Snapshot’ Of The Drug War Used Government Data To Prove That It’s An Abysmal Failure A new study used governmental data to prove that the war on drugs war has been…
Burglary, police pursuit, car crash – three arrested
From RCIPS Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 4:37 PM Three men have been arrested and are currently detained in police custody after a series of events which began with a burglary in the Red Bay area. About 2.40pm today police received…
UPDATE: Missing Diver – Search has now been called off
UPDATE: The search for missing diver, David Byles, has been called off. From RCIPS Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 12:17 PM Search for diver now classed as ‘search and recovery’ The officer leading the search for missing diver David Byles confirms that…
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Canadian resident here pleads Not Guilty to $2M theft from boyfriend Michelle Bouchard (52), who was charged with stealing more than $2M plus purchasing a four-carat diamond ring worth over $200,000 by use of credit card without owner’s authorization, has…
Caribbean attack: former island health boss in hospital, husband killed
By Lucy Morgan From Isle of Wight Radio A former Chief Executive of St Mary’s Hospital is being treated in hospital in St Lucia after her husband was killed in an attack. 62-year-old Roger Pratt from Warwickshire died when he…
UPDATE: Cuban escapee who was at large returned
Updated story: GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – A Cuban national who escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre near Fairbanks Prison shortly before noon Monday is back in custody after turning himself in Monday night. Yasmani Ampudia Remon, 24, had last…
