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St. Maarten/St. Martin entices U.S. exporters with duty-free status
The island of St. Maarten/St. Martin wasn't blessed with good soil and plentiful water, but its bountiful natural beauty serves as a mecca for U.S. and European tourists, and those tourists enjoy a meal prepared with the finest ingredients. The 76,000 people of St. Maarten, an island of the Netherlands Antilles, and St. Martin, a dependency of...
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get outta HERE - offshore banking
Terry L. NealFOR TAX BREAKS AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES, SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.TWENTY YEARS AGO, VERY FEW OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTERS EXISTED, AND THOSE THAT DID WERE SURROUNDED BY MYTHS OF DRUG MONEY AND ILLICIT ACTIVITIES. QUITE A BIT HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN: TODAY, THE OFFSHORE INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR BUSINESS...
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Cashing In
INTERNATIONAL LAW OFFICERS ON THE TRAIL OF MONEY launderers face new setbacks a proliferation of casinos in Latin America and the spread of Internet gambling, especially in the Caribbean. Both promise easy outlets for drug traffickers and others who launder an estimated US$600 billion in criminal funds annually.The debate heated up recently when a...
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Tico Las Vegas - online gambling from Costa Rica
Julie DuludeOnline betting sizzles at the world's Internet-gaming haven, Costa Rica.GAMBLERS WITH A PENCHANT TO bet on the unusual could lay wagers on Ricky Martin's true sexual tastes, the fate of Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez or whether Hillary Clinton finally trades Bill for her career, or for another woman.All bets were on recently at...
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