Regulatory Warnings: February 28, 2002
Recently-filed warnings from securities regulators around the world.
Newt Utopia: A look at Offshore Financial Centers in the Pacific islands
Niue (Last rock from the Sun); Nauru; Marshall Islands; Solomon Islands; Cook Islands; Vanuatu; Shift In Fortunes; FATF/OECD - How they are Viewed; and The Future.
Newt Utopia: April 30, 2001
China I have business associates who travel regularly to China. I also work with Chinese businessmen who conduct a lot of business in the US. From both perspectives, the recent air crash incident involving the United States was most cumbersome,
Interclaim (Bermuda) freezes $200 m of assets controlled by callous white-collar criminals
Debt recovery firm Interclaim (Bermuda) Limited made international headlines recently after a series of daring legal manoeuvres in several countries against the type of heartless criminals who have become accustomed to getting away with their crimes.The company, which operates from Dublin, Ireland, has successfully frozen in the region of US$200 million of assets linked with Blair Down, a Canadian businessman who created his wealth by ripping off the elderly.
The colourful world of the promoters of The Harris Organization
One wrote a book describing Albania as a "fairy tale land" and promised he could show investors "how to double your capital at no risk", another sells seemingly dodgy insurance brokerage licences to the gullible, promising they are available within 72 hours to people with no qualifications or even a formal education who will be able to access the Lloyd's of London market; and another has written a book on prostitution showing where "balding, fat guys like your author" can find "Thai virgins".
