1st Edition

Masters of Paradise Organised Crime and the Internal Revenue Service in the Bahamas

By Alan Block Copyright 1991
360 Pages
by Routledge

319 Pages
by Routledge

320 Pages
by Routledge

This is the story of organized crime's penetration of the islands and the corruption of its high officials during the time The Bahamas become politically independent of Great Britain. It describes secret U.S. Internal Revenue Service operations aimed at American criminals involved in Bahamian-based tax scams and similar crimes. Block paints a devastating picture of a symbiotic relationship among... Read more
Introduction: The Serious Crime Community, 1 The Dream Town of Freeport, 2 Paradise Island, 3 Resorts International, 4 Operation Tradewinds, 5 Vesco, 6 Castle Bank, 7 Inside Castle, 8 Crisis in the Internal Revenue Service, 9 Castle Under Justice, 10 Conclusions: Cuckoo’s Nest to Cocaine, Postscript

Biography

Alan A. Block (Author)