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Texts Show Epstein Sought Help From US Virgin Islands Governor Before Arrest
Text messages show that Jeffrey Epstein sought and received assistance from Albert Bryan Jr in a legal dispute over construction projects on his private islands.
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JPMorgan To Pay US Virgin Islands $75 Million To Settle Sex-Trafficking Suit
JPMorgan Chase announced Tuesday that it will pay $75 million to settle a US Virgin Islands' (USVI) lawsuit that accused the bank of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring.
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Police Launch Probe After Sudden Death Of Swimmer Jamie Cail In Virgin Islands
The family and friends of the swimmer Jamie Cail paid tributes on social media, calling her "beautiful person" with a "huge heart".
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British Virgin Islands Premier Arrested In US Over Drugs Trafficking
The British Virgin Islands' premier and chief port official were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport on charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) said.
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'Potentially Catastrophic' Hurricane Maria Eyes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria closed in on the US Virgin Islands Today as the US National Hurricane Center warned of a "potentially catastrophic" impact from a storm that has already killed at least two people in the Caribbean.
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Over 100 Prisoners Escape On Hurricane-Hit British Island
Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine.
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Hillary Clinton Sweeps In Virgin Islands, Moves Closer To Nomination
Hillary Clinton has scored a sweeping win in the U.S. Virgin Islands, picking up all seven pledged delegates at stake as she inched closer to the Democratic nomination.
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'Cheers, Robert Vadra' Said Email, Inquiry Expands To Dubai
A day after NDTV reported that the government is investigating whether an arms dealer bought a benami London home for Robert Vadra, the inquiry has expanded to the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.
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Many Indians Invested In Tax Haven British Virgin Islands, Panama Papers Claim
Investigators, probing the 'Panama Papers' leak where several hundred Indian identities figure, have found that a number of these offshore asset investments have been made in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands.
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Countries Pledge To Fight Graft By Revealing Who Owns Companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe.
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Iceland PM Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Faces No-Confidence Vote In Scandal
The political future of Iceland's prime minister is in danger because of his reported links to an offshore account in the British Virgin Islands.
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Malaysian Authorities Freeze 6 Bank Accounts Linked to Prime Minister Graft Scandal
A task force investigating Malaysia's troubled state investment fund 1MDB said on today it had frozen half a dozen bank accounts following a media report that nearly $700 million had been transferred to an account of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
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Woman Says Forced As Minor Into Sex With Prince Andrew; Allegations Denied
Buckingham Palace on Friday denied allegations by a woman who said in Florida court documents that she was forced as a minor to have sex with Britain's Prince Andrew and other high-profile figures linked to a wealthy US businessman.
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Tatas say fraudsters using brand name for online ponzi scheme
A British Virgin Islands-based entity has been found to be fraudulently using Tata brand name to lure investors to online investment plans promising huge monthly returns for payments made in bitcoins and some other virtual currencies, as per caution notices issued by Tata group entities.
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Top tax haven got more investment in 2013 than India and Brazil: UN
The Caribbean archipelago, a tax haven otherwise dependent on tourism, has jumped up the league table of top investment destinations in the past five years. It welcomed $92 billion of foreign cash in 2013, according to preliminary figures compiled by the U.N. trade and economy thinktank UNCTAD.
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Texts Show Epstein Sought Help From US Virgin Islands Governor Before Arrest
Text messages show that Jeffrey Epstein sought and received assistance from Albert Bryan Jr in a legal dispute over construction projects on his private islands.
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JPMorgan To Pay US Virgin Islands $75 Million To Settle Sex-Trafficking Suit
JPMorgan Chase announced Tuesday that it will pay $75 million to settle a US Virgin Islands' (USVI) lawsuit that accused the bank of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking ring.
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Police Launch Probe After Sudden Death Of Swimmer Jamie Cail In Virgin Islands
The family and friends of the swimmer Jamie Cail paid tributes on social media, calling her "beautiful person" with a "huge heart".
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British Virgin Islands Premier Arrested In US Over Drugs Trafficking
The British Virgin Islands' premier and chief port official were arrested Thursday at a Miami-area airport on charges of conspiring to traffic cocaine, the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) said.
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'Potentially Catastrophic' Hurricane Maria Eyes Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico
Hurricane Maria closed in on the US Virgin Islands Today as the US National Hurricane Center warned of a "potentially catastrophic" impact from a storm that has already killed at least two people in the Caribbean.
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Over 100 Prisoners Escape On Hurricane-Hit British Island
Over 100 high-risk prisoners escaped in the British Virgin Islands during Hurricane Irma, a British junior minister said on Tuesday, as he raised the death toll in British territories to nine.
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Hillary Clinton Sweeps In Virgin Islands, Moves Closer To Nomination
Hillary Clinton has scored a sweeping win in the U.S. Virgin Islands, picking up all seven pledged delegates at stake as she inched closer to the Democratic nomination.
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'Cheers, Robert Vadra' Said Email, Inquiry Expands To Dubai
A day after NDTV reported that the government is investigating whether an arms dealer bought a benami London home for Robert Vadra, the inquiry has expanded to the tax haven of the British Virgin Islands and Dubai.
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Many Indians Invested In Tax Haven British Virgin Islands, Panama Papers Claim
Investigators, probing the 'Panama Papers' leak where several hundred Indian identities figure, have found that a number of these offshore asset investments have been made in the tax haven of British Virgin Islands.
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Countries Pledge To Fight Graft By Revealing Who Owns Companies
Countries from Britain to Afghanistan pledged on Thursday to set up public registers of company ownership in a collective effort to make it harder to launder the proceeds of corruption around the globe.
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Iceland PM Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson Faces No-Confidence Vote In Scandal
The political future of Iceland's prime minister is in danger because of his reported links to an offshore account in the British Virgin Islands.
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Malaysian Authorities Freeze 6 Bank Accounts Linked to Prime Minister Graft Scandal
A task force investigating Malaysia's troubled state investment fund 1MDB said on today it had frozen half a dozen bank accounts following a media report that nearly $700 million had been transferred to an account of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
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Woman Says Forced As Minor Into Sex With Prince Andrew; Allegations Denied
Buckingham Palace on Friday denied allegations by a woman who said in Florida court documents that she was forced as a minor to have sex with Britain's Prince Andrew and other high-profile figures linked to a wealthy US businessman.
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Tatas say fraudsters using brand name for online ponzi scheme
A British Virgin Islands-based entity has been found to be fraudulently using Tata brand name to lure investors to online investment plans promising huge monthly returns for payments made in bitcoins and some other virtual currencies, as per caution notices issued by Tata group entities.
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Top tax haven got more investment in 2013 than India and Brazil: UN
The Caribbean archipelago, a tax haven otherwise dependent on tourism, has jumped up the league table of top investment destinations in the past five years. It welcomed $92 billion of foreign cash in 2013, according to preliminary figures compiled by the U.N. trade and economy thinktank UNCTAD.
