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 ...
