Bahamas Avoids EU Blacklist

Bahamas Avoids EU Blacklist

Despite doing little for Bahamians affected by Hurricane Irma, the Bahamas government was able to use that storm as an excuse to convince the EU into not blacklisting the island nation as a tax haven.

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Brussels Bomber Had Bahamian Nationality

March 25, 2016

Brussels Bomber Had Bahamian Nationality

Khalid el-Bakraoui, one of two brothers who are suspected of carrying out the Brussels terrorist attacks on Tuesday, was the subject of an Interpol “red notice,” an alert to police forces around the world saying that he was wanted in Belgium, evidently for having violated conditions of his parole. Excerpts from the notice that were posted publicly by Interpol say he was born on Jan. 12, 1989, that he spoke French and Arabic, and that he had Belgian and Bahamian nationality.

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Flowers: International opinions on local gaming sector ‘ill-informed’

October 28, 2017

Flowers: International opinions on local gaming sector ‘ill-informed’

CEO of FML Group of Companies Craig Flowers said comments from international institutions about The Bahamas’ gaming industry are “certainly not factual”, adding that they are “ill-informed”. A recently released International Monetary Fund (IMF) working paper that included a case study on The Bahamas stated: “Anecdotal evidence suggests that international correspondent banks are uncomfortable providing services to domestic banks that do business with either money transmission businesses (MTBs) or online gaming operators (so called web shops), which are perceived as a higher anti-money laundering/counter terror financing risk.

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