A review of publicly available information concerning the approximately 4000 Malta Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passports issued in 2015 and 2016 indicates that the vast majority of the ...
The European Central Bank has cancelled the license of Pilatus Bank, according to the Malta Financial Services Authority, which recommended this action in June, which is a pointed reminder of the ...
It was bound to happen; no sooner had the OECD issued its analysis and guidance on the risks involved in dealing with CBI and RBI passports, when CBI/RBI consultancies and advisories began their spin ...
Transparency International, in a white paper entitled Caribbean Golden Visas; Rum Deal for Europe,* has warned the European Union to cancel the current visa-free status for the five East Caribbean ...
A review of publicly available information concerning the approximately 4000 Malta Citizenship by Investment (CBI) passports issued in 2015 and 2016 indicates that the vast majority of the ...
The European Central Bank has cancelled the license of Pilatus Bank, according to the Malta Financial Services Authority, which recommended this action in June, which is a pointed reminder of the ...
It was bound to happen; no sooner had the OECD issued its analysis and guidance on the risks involved in dealing with CBI and RBI passports, when CBI/RBI consultancies and advisories began their spin ...
Transparency International, in a white paper entitled Caribbean Golden Visas; Rum Deal for Europe,* has warned the European Union to cancel the current visa-free status for the five East Caribbean ...
Satabank depositors have taken to physically waiting outside its St Julian’s headquarters in a desperate bid to find out what will happen to their money.
Malta’s financial watchdog on ...
This week's money laundering sentencing, in Paris, of a former HSBC Private Bank Suisse director to only a €200,000 fine, and no prison time is disturbing, for it sends a message to other bankers ...
We have seen a number of articles in the media, detailing the statement of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on the finality of its position on the December 31, 2020 deadline on the requirement of ...
If you have been following the recent spate of articles critical of international immigration consulting firms that process clients for Citizenship by Investment (CBI/CIP) passports, you have ...
As we have repeatedly warned would eventually happen, the European Union, acting through the OECD, has identified the five East Caribbean states with CBI programs, as constituting high-risk schemes. ...
The first time that I attempted to purchase a ticket on the Heathrow Express, and learned that one cannot use a £50 note for that purpose, I realized that the fifty was not generally accepted in the ...
The nations of Europe and the Caribbean that offer Citizenship by Investment (CBI) programs have issued large numbers of passports to their applicants. Some of these CBI passport holders, when ...
The European Union, whose members are determined to allow their businesses to continue trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran, notwithstanding the reimposition of American sanctions, has stated that ...
If you require a more detailed study of the money laundering scandal involving the Estonian branch of Danske Bank, you are invited to review the 87-page white paper, by Bruun & Hjejle, a ...