November 2022

Warner loses extradition challenge at Privy Council

November 17, 2022 in Regional

Austin ‘Jack’ Warner, the former vice-president of football’s world governing body FIFA, on Thursday lost his fight at the Privy Council against extradition to the United States on corruption charges. The court in London, Trinidad and Tobago’s highest appeal court, dismissed Warner’s lawyers’ contention that the...

US places sanctions on former Belizean minister & his family

November 16, 2022 in Regional

The United States has placed travel sanctions on former Belizean National Security Minister John Birchman Saldivar for his alleged involvement in “significant corruption”. In a statement yesterday, the State Department alleged Saldivar “accepted bribes for the improper acquisition of Belizean immigration documents and interfered in public...