No justice, only political theatre
By Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United November 16th, 2025News Digest OUR CAMPAIGN ISSUES IN THE NEWS Human traffickingNo protection, only prosecution for migrants fleeing dangerAfter surviving a deadly Channel shipwreck, Ibrahim—a Sudanese refugee and modern slavery survivor—is jailed as a “smuggler”…
Polack Post: Caribbean Business – Killing The Golden Goose
By Peter Polack Peter Polack The mainstay of Caribbean businesses are usually tourism, remittances and some other, but lesser, industries. The tiny tax havens overwhelmingly rely on the financial sector and their underwhelmingly supported tourism pillar. Jamaica was even called…
Cayman: Multi-Agency Operation in West Bay Results in the Recovery of Two Firearms and Other Illicit Items
From RCIPS On Friday, 14 November, a police lead multi-agency operation was conducted at a residence in West Bay under the Firearms Act. The search team consisted of personnel from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service, Customs and Border Control,…
Cayman: Man Arrested During Burglary in Progress in George Town
From RCIPS Just after 4:45 AM on Saturday, 15 November, police were dispatched by the 9-1-1 Communication Centre to a report of a burglary in progress at a commercial property on South Church Street in George Town. When the officers…
Our win is being reversed
From Ellie Finkelstein, Freedom United Not long ago, thanks to our collective call, the European Union made history. It agreed to a groundbreaking law—the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)—to finally hold big companies accountable for forced labor, child exploitation, and…
Cayman: Individual Sentenced to Three Months Imprisonment for Forged Documents Offences
Authorities have secured a conviction resulting in a three-month prison sentence for an individual who pleaded guilty to multiple counts of possessing forged documents. In October 2024, Customs and Border Control Service (CBC) officers intercepted an individual at the Owen…
Cayman: DCFS Hosts First-Ever Child Safeguarding Week Mon – Fri Nov 17 -21
The Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development & Innovation, invites the public to take part in the Cayman Islands’ first-ever Child Safeguarding Week, taking place from November 17 to 21, 2025, under the…
Cayman: CIIPA, CILPA and the LSSA host first-of-its-kind international workshop to strengthen global fight against money laundering
The Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants (CIIPA), the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA) and the Legal Services Supervisory Authority (LSSA) recently hosted a first-of-its-kind international anti-money laundering (AML) capacity building workshop, bringing together regional leaders from the accountancy…
‘It’s Our Duty’ …Nandlall defends gov’t’s US$62,000 payout to Jamaican lawyers in Mohameds extradition case
From Kaeiteur News …says taxpayers must foot bill under international law Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC (Kaieteur News) – Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, has defended the Government of Guyana’s…
AFRICA NEWS ROOM – Gabon: Trial of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo
The Government reaffirms judicial fairness YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon, November 12, 2025/ — In Gabon, the trial in absentia of former First Lady Sylvia Bongo Ondimba and her son Noureddin Bongo Valentin promises to be a major test for the independence of…
