The US names Curaçao as one of Caribbean’s major money laundering jurisdiction
WASHINGTON, WILLEMSTAD - The US has again named several Caribbean countries, including Curaçao, as ‘Major Money Laundering Jurisdictions’ in its new International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. The report More...
Update: Curaçao Blue Bank denies facilitating fraud by oil traders
WILLEMSTAD - Curaçao-based Blue Bank International denies having been aware of fraud by some defendants in a corruption case involving large oil traders and the Venezuelan oil company PdVSA. The bank says that More...
OM demands disciplinary measure against CPG accountant
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecutor has asked the Auditor's Office on Friday to take disciplinary measures against the Antillean accountant of the company CPG Worldwide. Under the watchful eye of the accountant and More...
Former Prime Minister to appear in court in August
WILLEMSTAD - The lawsuit against former Prime Minister of Curaçao Gerrit Schotte will be treated by the Court of Justice on August 1, 2 and if more time is needed on the 3rd. The Public Prosecutor (OM) wants to More...
Public Prosecution demands 20 million in ‘Troya’ case
WILLEMSTAD - The Public Prosecution Service wants to confiscate about 20 million guilders from suspects in a large-scale money laundering and fraud investigation that has been called ‘Troya’. This is according More...
Former Venezuelan officials charged with money laundering at PDVSA
HOUSTON - The U.S. Justice Department charged several former Venezuelan officials with participating in a money-laundering scheme at state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA. The five include Nervis Villalobos, More...
Corallo finally tried in Italy
ROMA - Francesco Corallo will finally be tried. After his extradition from Sint Maarten, the Mafia boss got house arrest in Italy. In this case Corallo is suspected of money laundering. He is accused of laundering More...
Supreme Court is still waiting for ‘Babel’ file
THE HAGUE - Since the pronouncement of the verdict in the Babel case in appeal in July 2017, the file of Gerrit Schotte and partner Cicely van der Dijs up to and including yesterday did not arrive at the Supreme More...
Update: Suspected Curaçao family wants former KPMG accountant as witness
ZWOLLE - The lawyers of the four suspects in the money laundering case Cymbal want the President of the Central Bank of Curaçao and St. Maarten Emsley Tromp to be heard as a witness. The lawyers also want the former More...
Curaçao family suspected of laundering 320 million dollars
ZWOLLE - A Curaçao family is suspected of laundering 320 million dollars. "About 10 percent of the island's gross national product went through the hands of this family," said a Dutch prosecutor at a court house More...
