NOTE WELL THE ABSENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS OF ST KITTS, ANTIGUA AND DOMINICA AT MEETING WITH US PRESIDENT

It was not an accident, or oversight, that the leaders of St Kitts & Nevis, Dominica and Antigua & Barbuda were not invited to the meeting this week with the President of the United States. All three East Caribbean States listed here are on record of supporting the Maduro regime in Venezuela, not to mention the Castro regime in Cuba.

In truth and in fact, their lack of support for the foreign policy of the United States has long been noted, as well as the fact that all three states have increasingly fallen under the financial and political influence of the Peoples' Republic of China, continue to operate dodgy CBI programs, its leaders exert undue influence upon their courts, often at the expense of the Rule of Law. 

From a risk management viewpoint for compliance professionals, those who are charged with evaluating Country Risk should continue to show Antigua, Dominica and St Kitts at elevated levels. 

Chronicles of Monte Friesner - Financial Crime Analyst

Contributed by Kenneth Rijock - Financial Crime Consultant