Topic: Anti-Corruption Law

Legislators had a busy last sitting of the year in Parliament, passing 12 bills and deferring one more.

Investigators from the Anti-Corruption Commission have charged three people with corruption offences.

Two former senior officials of the Cayman Islands Football Association have been charged with a string of offences, including money laundering and false accounting, in connection with an ongoing corruption probe.

At a January Public Accounts Committee hearing, Deputy Governor Franz Manderson and Cabinet Secretary Samuel Rose both promised that reintroducing the long-dormant Standards in Public Life Law is a priority for government.

The Crown’s case against five immigration officers and two civilians was opened on Monday, when prosecutor Patrick Moran detailed allegations that individuals who needed work permits were receiving improper assistance with an English language test in exchange for money.

OfReg chair Linford Pierson threatened to “box” his deputy during a heated board meeting after it was suggested Mr. Pierson may have broken the Anti-Corruption Law, according to minutes of the utilities regulator’s board.

Lawmakers will consider a request to allow members of the Anti-Corruption Commission to carry Tasers, police batons and pepper spray. Does Cayman really need this expanding “arms race”?

Investigators working for the Cayman Islands Anti-Corruption Commission will be granted the legal right to carry some weapons and protective gear, if a recently proposed bill is approved by local lawmakers.

A trial expected to last two months has been set to start on Jan. 14, 2019, for six immigration personnel and five other defendants on charges relating to the provision of assistance to pass a required English Language Test, and arrangement of payment of a reward for providing such assistance.

Seven more people, including three immigration officials, were charged Tuesday and Wednesday in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation at the Immigration Department.