TURKS & CAICOS ISLAND S – PARADISE LOST TO CORRUPTION
September 1st, 2011
BY GEMMA HANDY
Endemic corruption in a British overseas territory, compounded by claims of bribery and fraud, saw its constitution suspended and it returned to direct UK rule.
The Turks & Caicos Islands are now being prepared for a return for responsible government, but are sufficient checks and balances in place to prevent a backslide to commercial crime? Gemma Handy reports from Providenciales, Turks & Caicios.
AS the USA underwent a real estate boom in the last decade, few places felt the impact as keenly as the Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI). In ...
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