SRI LANKA: A COMMERCIAL CRIME HOTSPOT IN THE MAKING
March 1st, 2010
BY MUNZA MUSHTAQ
SRI Lanka is hoping to capitalise on its natural beauty to become a tourist hotspot, given that its three-decade long bloody civil war is now over. But Munza Mushtaq reports that because of ignorance on the part of local authorities, the country could become a hotspot for something far less welcome - commercial crime.
WITH peace in place after the Tamil Tigers were destroyed as a fighting force last May by the Sri Lankan army, this island nation has just begun to recover from civil war and work towards economic stability.
Colombo is already ...
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