Dominica News Online: Investigation Reveals People with ‘Dark Pasts’ Obtained Dominica PassportsThis article features an investigation by Government Accountability Project’s Investigator, Zack Kopplin, and was originally published here. “But, working with over a dozen media partners, OCCRP and the Government Accountability Project, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit, have obtained the names of roughly 7,700 people who have purchased Dominica passports in recent years,” the OCCRP wrote in a report on the investigation. Two years later they were arrested, charged with defrauding investors of tens of millions of dollars, and sentenced to prison terms. He has since set up companies in the United Kingdom, listing his nationality as “Dominica” and his country of residence as the United Arab Emirates. A number of them have also branched into real estate development on the island,” it said.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2023 15:21 UTC