Ravi Ragbir was a legal immigrant from Trinidad and Tobago when he was arrested in 1999 for wire fraud in connection with a subprime mortgage scam involving forged signatures and stolen home loans. After spending several years in federal prison,
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Commission adopts further Delegated Regulation amending list of high-risk third countries under MLD4
The European Commission (Commission) has adopted Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) …/… of 13 December 2017 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1675 supplementing the Fourth Money Laundering Directive (4MLD).
The Commission Delegated Regulation makes amendments to the table in point I of…
Eight Foreign-Born Olympians Win Medals for Team USA
Michele Waslin for the American Immigration Council reports that nearly 50 foreign-born athletes proudly represented the U.S. as part of the Olympic team in Rio de Janeiro, and eight of them won medals.
- Kerron Clement, born in Trinidad and Tobago,
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Veterinarians on the lookout for foreign pests on imported dogs
Dogs and other animals can transport pests and diseases into the country. In 2007 and 2010, New World screwworm larvae, classified as a foreign pest by USDA, “were found on a dog that had recently entered the United States from…
Immigrant of the Day: Stokeley Carmichael (Trinidad and Tobago)
Stokley Carmichael was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on June 29, 1941 and died in 1998. One of the leading figures in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, Carmichael rose to prominence as a…
Chavez Announces Venezuela’s Withdrawal from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In an unfortunate move, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced yesterday that Venezuela will withdraw from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. President Chavez allegedly believes that the Inter-American Court is too heavily influenced by the United States; is improperly intervening in domestic…
New ICC Judges Sworn In
Five new judges of the International Criminal Court were sworn in following their election last December at the last session of the assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute.Judges Howard Morrison of United Kingdom, Anthony T. Carmona of Trinidad…
Galleon rundown
The New Yorker has a very good piece running down the whole Galleon insider trading story. You read the whole thing home, but if you can't, read this. It's got everything in just a couple of paragraphs – wires, prepaid…
Two More Nations Ratify CTBT
The Central African Republic and Trinidad and Tobago are the latest counties to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), which opened for signature in 1996. Click here for a full list of parties to the CTBT.Indonesia also announced its intention to…
Cruise Job Search Leads to Death In Trinidad
By Jim Walker
A number of newspapers in Trinidad are reporting on the death of Michelle Samaroo of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, who disappeared on April 26th when she traveled to Arouca to obtain a job on a cruise ship. Ms. Samaroo had responded to an advertisement in a…