UK report recommends suspending the British Virgin Islands' self-government and returning to direct rule, as its Premier Andrew Fahie was arrested by US authorities on drug trafficking and money laundering charges
Premier of British Virgin Islands Andrew Fahie and the director of the Caribbean territory’s ports were scheduled to appear in federal court in Miami on Friday, April 29, 2022 after their arrest on drug smuggling charges in a sting set up by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
The inquiry recommended that Governor John Rankin, an appointee of Queen Elizabeth II on advice from the UK government, take direct rule of the territory for two years. The document stated that the probe had shown "clearly that substantial legislative and constitutional change is required to restore the standards of governance that the people of the British Virgin Islands are entitled to."In January last year, the government voiced "significant concerns about the deteriorating state of governance in the British Virgin Islands, as well as the potential vulnerability of the islands to serious organised crime," Truss said.
The British Virgin Islands, a self-governing Caribbean archipelago, is home to around 35,000 people and is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, which supervises its defence and foreign policy.
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