Risk Professional: Fiji set on path to disorder?
The Fiji High Court has declared the military government illegal.
Most Recent - This Section
The Risk Professional: US Treasury Statement re Iran banking sanctionsThe Risk Professional: "Clean Sheet" draft money laundering law proposed
How Not To Be A Money Launderer for Kindle - free for two days!
The Risk Professional: The USA is broke again
The Risk Professional: Forum - AML/CFT Risk in Mobile Payments, e-Payments, Kiosks and Payment Cards
Most Recent - Whole Site
Taxation: US Treasury notice re FACTAInternet: "buy this domain or lose business"
The Risk Professional: US Treasury Statement re Iran banking sanctions
Automotive: Clint Eastwood's misty eyes playing for Detroit
Aviation: Kingfisher's finances cause concern
Most Recent - BankingInsuranceSecurities.Com
FI Fraud: Phishing - Santander UKSanctions: OFAC update 20120207
Phishing Alert: Quickbooks / Intuit
Sanctions: OFAC UPDATE 20120206
Sanctions HM Treasury - Iraq
Commodore Frank Bainimarama is the military leader who took control of Fiji in 2006. But Fijians were not taken aback: it was the fourth coup in twenty years. And whilst they hope for democracy, they expect that to be difficult to achieve.
Bainimarama based his actions on the removal of the previous democratically elected president arguing that his policies were racially motivated, preferring indigenous Fijians over the broader population.
But constant and escalating poverty has led to dissent. Pressure from overseas and even sanctions have not unsettled the government and it is unlikely that the Court Order will, either. The Government which won in the lower court now intends to appeal.
Download PDF version of this page
