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Originally Posted by farkedup
What antigua is doing is generating extra income for themselves which will make their infrastructure better while the bulk of the pirates/criminals will probably never actually step fott in that country....
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100% accurate
Know the island well and have biz there - and also know a number of the parties involved in the gaming/WTO dispute. They have tolerated a fair amount of abuse since... around 1997 onwards and have invested amounts of funds into reaching a settlement and obviously have no intention of giving up on this.
These people have been totally above board, transparent and have been guided by serious legal representation. One scenario in the early days involved the production of glossy laminated brochures with pics of their corp officers, their experience and a policy statement etc. The US then used to try and target these individuals - ironic *lol*
Sure, there is a vested interest at govt level in continuing this action since gaming brings considerable revenue to the island. It is basically an offshore jurisdiction performing the usual corp formations, banking and financial services etc. and, least from my
- a nice place to live and very few restrictions or red tape.
PS You are right - what happens to 'criminals' is they are escorted to the airport and thrown off the island with very little warning
