A Call to Responsible Action – Response to Dominica’s CBI Program By Gabriel J. Christian, Esq. On January 1, 2017, CBS 60 Minutes aired a program which reviewed the sale of passports (now referred to as “Citizenship by Investment” or CBI) by several Caribbean islands, to include Dominica. With regard to Dominica the report also featured the fact that several of our island’s diplomats have been arrested or are persons of ill repute. Those are facts which were known on...
Challenges to EC Citizenship by Investment Programs Spark Nasty Debate Curtis A. Ward (04 Jan 2017) —The debate over the efficacy of the citizenship by investment programs in a number of Eastern Caribbean countries has caught fire over the January 1, 2017 CBS 60 Minutes program drawing attention to a number of deficiencies in these programs. This debate is not new but has taken on new dimensions when critics of these programs are being accused of treason and in some cases likened unto...
