Caribbean Report 22-02-2002 - Gordon, Orin (anchor); George, Jerry (correspondent); Mitchell, Louise (interviewee); Singh, Ricky (speaker); Forbes, James (interviewee); Ninvalle, Pete (correspondent); Greaves, Damian (speaker); Goffe, Leslie (correspondent); Joseph, Emma (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 2002)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:29)
2. Two off-shore banks in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines belonging to the Nano family, offer to conditionally surrender their licences and go into voluntary liquidation after losing a legal battle with financial regulators there. The United States also issues a warrant for the arrest of Thierry Nano, one of the main operators of the banks. Jerry George has the details (00:30-02:44)
3. Louise Mitchell, the Assistant Off-shore Finance Inspector for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, says the banks belonging to the Nano family, will have to give clarification and proof of certain things before the regulators can accept their offer to liquidate the banks (02:45-05:05)
4. Veteran journalist Rickey Singh says a decision by most OECS countries to push the free movement initiative through their parliament shows that the process is on track. He goes on to explain that while free movement allows for travel without a passport it does not mean unrestricted free movement. Orin Gordon also gets some views of Grenadians on free movement of peoples within the OECS (05:06-06:58)
Keywords: Banks and banking, International -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Liquidation -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; O.E.C.S. (Organization); Grenadians; Police shootings -- Jamaica; HIV (Viruses) -- Caribbean Area; Drugs -- Prices -- Caribbean Area; Pharmaceutical industry; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 -- Influence; Victims -- Caribbean Area; Geneva Convention (1864 August 22); Prosper, Pierre-Richard, 1963-; Prisoners -- Civil rights -- Cuba; Financial institutions -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Nano, Thierry Dorian Alain Jeff; Free movement -- Caribbean Area; Cowan, Donovan; World Trade Center (Manhattan, New York City)