Premier of Cayman Islands arrested for financial crimes
The premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, 57, was arrested early Tuesday morning and detained in police custody in connection with a number of ongoing police investigations.
"I can say that there is a further investigation, a second investigation involving the premier but, as the minister said, it is not appropriate for me to comment on it in any detail," Taylor stated, adding it was for the police commissioner to comment.
Then came the police announcement of a third investigation related to explosives that were apparently imported into the Cayman Islands without the necessary permit.
Bush's arrest comes just days after another high profile British overseas territory official, former premier of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Michael Misick, was detained in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after several months on the run following the issue of an arrest warrant in the TCI and an Interpol 'Red Notice'.
Allegations of widespread government corruption in the TCI have resulted in a number of former cabinet ministers being charged with various offences of bribery, fraud and money laundering.
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