Although drug trafficking is the region’s No.1 problem, a top U.S. military officer in Latin America and the Caribbean has called last week for authorities to also intensify their crackdown on fish piratery, organized crime and China’s expansion.

"Citizenship planning” company Henley & Partners helped a bevy of high-risk clients gain citizenship in the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. It routed donations to a public fund that stopped operating after it made bad investments in two ventures linked to Henley's chairman.

In 2009 and 2010, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, which infamously misused Facebook data in the 2016 U.S. election, oversaw multiple electoral campaigns across the Caribbean. Behind the scenes, a Swiss lawyer — known as the “Passport King” for his work as chairman of citizenship planning firm Henley & Partners — was allegedly orchestrating funding to bring sympathetic politicians to power.

Despite the decrease in trade and travel brought on by the novel coronavirus pandemic, 2020 saw a distinct rise in maritime piracy at some of the usual hotspots around the world but with a concerning trend emerging in the Gulf of Mexico which could become a new hunting ground for modern pirates, maritime security experts said.

In a documentary released today, Al Jazeera uncovered corruption in the awarding of diplomatic posts in the Caribbean, and focused especially on Dominica’s current and former leadership and the alleged sale of ambassadorships for cash and other valuable favors.

Bimini police announced the arrest of 24 drug and arms traffickers on Saturday as part of a joint operation with US law enforcement.