TURKS & CAICOS ISLANDS BOOSTS AML AS FORMER PREMIER FACES DIRTY MONEY CHARGES
July 21st, 2023
The Turks & Caicos Islands (TCI) has been improving its AML record, even as its courts have taken eight years to hear financial crime cases against former political leaders, including past Premier Michael Misick. He is charged with money laundering, conspiracy to receive bribes, and conspiracy to defraud the government, related to his 2006-9 tenure.
While a verdict is expected in the coming months for Misick’s former Deputy Premier Floyd Hall and three other defendants, Misick and the final two defendants will not take the stand until later this year, with ...
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