Stepping up anti-laundering fight
Dominica police say money laundering on the island linked to the illicit drug trade is posing a challenge for law enforcement officers.
The police have recently carried out a series of raids and made several arrests – at least two of those detained were businessmen. Two young men were brought before the courts last week on money laundering charges and are due back in court in October.
Deputy Police Commissioner Cyril Carette says the authorities are keeping a sharp lookout for individuals who launder the proceeds of illicit activity.
Direct rule frowned on
The People’s Democratic Movement (PDM) of the Turks and Caicos Islands says an emergency loan of $15 million that Britain is making to the territory is a step in the right direction.
The corruption-hit TCI is currently under direct rule imposed by London following a commission of inquiry.
PDM leader Doug Parnell has been in London holding talks with officials of the Conservative-led coalition administration of Prime Minister David Cameron. Parnell told BBC Caribbean that the situation in the territory had deteriorated with the imposition of direct rule.
Dissident being treated
Cuban doctors treating a political dissident who’s on hunger strike say he’s in danger of dying, despite their efforts to keep him alive. Guillermo Farinas has been refusing food since February to demand the release of jailed dissidents who are ill.
