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A MAJOR inquiry into a financial collapse that rocked the English Caribbean – of Trinidad & Tobago-based CL Financial Limited and various associated companies, and the Hindu Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited – has reported. A special correspondent looks at the fall-out from Port of Spain.…

A MAJOR inquiry into a financial collapse that rocked the English Caribbean – of Trinidad & Tobago-based CL Financial Limited and various associated companies, and the Hindu Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited – has reported. A special correspondent looks at the fall-out from Port of Spain.…

EVERYTHING about Aneal Maharaj smacks of the immaculate. From his finely-tailored business suit to his Toastmaster style enunciation, to the belief that “sweating the small stuff” is an indispensable attribute of any successful business executive, there is an obvious attention to precision which betrays a professional outlook staked on getting the equations right.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission is attempting to move the legal boundary where tax avoidance becomes tax evasion, criminalising some aggressive tax planning that has caused controversy across Europe. The move is one a number of recent practical tax and anti-fraud law reforms that Brussels has been pushing to help tax authorities in the European Union (EU) collect reasonable levels of revenue.…

A widely-quoted truism that gained currency during the global financial crisis was American financier Warren Buffett’s dictum: “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked”.

And this might perhaps be most true of a financial collapse that rocked the English Caribbean, that of Trinidad & Tobago-based CL Financial Limited and various associated companies, and also of the Hindu Credit Union Co-operative Society Limited.…

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has now formally approved a new European Union (EU) offshore oil and gas drilling directive, designed to prevent accidents such as the Deepwater Horizon spill happening in coastal EU sea waters.

These new rules will require oil and gas firms to prove they can cover potential liabilities from accidents and submit major hazard reports and emergency response plans to regulators before drilling operations start.…

A growth in alleged steel smuggling into Colombia has sparked concern by steel workers unions, who have successfully pressured the government to take action against illicit trades. The Colombian authorities are investigating recent steel imports from China and Mexico, fearing they may have breached the country’s trading laws.…

The Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), a technical agency of the Organisation of American States (OAS), is playing an increasingly influential role in the Americas in terms of fighting drug-trade linked money laundering. Specifically, CICAD has a central role in the unfolding of the Hemispheric Plan of Action on Drugs 2011-2015 which was adopted by the OAS in 2011, and includes key anti-money launderingAML components.…

INTERNATIONAL and domestic cosmetics brands are capitalising on strong economic growth in the Philippines, which at 95 million has the 12th biggest population in the world. It is also among the Next Eleven economies highlighted by Goldman Sachs with a high potential of becoming, along with the BRICS, the world’s largest economies in the 21st century.…

BY GEMMA HANDY, IN PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS, AND POORNA RODRIGO

SWAPPING the grey British skies for the sun-soaked shores of the Caribbean might sound like an easy decision to make.

For 56-year-old nurse Anne Males, there was some initial trepidation at how she would cope living on a tiny island with a population of just 25,000, more than an hour’s flight from the nearest major American city.…