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I am still staggered by the Prime Minister\u2019s expos\u00e9 on de-risking\u2014the termination of banking relations with jurisdictions tagged as \u2018tax havens\u2019 or \u2018high-risk\u2019 for money laundering.\u00a0 Prime Minister Gaston Browne\u2019s 24-page report, \u201cEnding De-risking in the Caribbean: Eliminating Risks for the World\u201d is not only instructive but illuminating.<\/p>

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Undoubtedly, the theme of injustice in international financial and trade systems stands out like a sore thumb. Reasonably, one can easily liken the practice of de-risking to the unwarranted \u2018stop-and-frisk\u2019 of vulnerable jurisdictions like CARICOM by what I caption as financial \u2018regulatory\u2019 police. Certainly, in this era of villains and supervillains where elephants fight, it\u2019s the grass that gets trampled. Doubtless, our Caribbean grass bears distinct footprints of global regulatory bodies and these footprints have created great financial sinkholes that impede the forward movement of banking in the Caribbean region.<\/p>\n

In his report, the Prime Minister identified the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR), published by the United States Government annually as the chief cause of the de-risking in the Caribbean. Reportedly, the INCSR has routinely categorised the Caribbean region as \u201cmajor money launderers\u201d in spite of Caribbean member states\u2019 dogged pursuance of compliance. \u00a0And that broad brushing of the entire region, he opines, has had deleterious effects on regional banking.<\/p>

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For me, the entire de-risking in the Caribbean is a prima facie case of \u201csans humanit\u00e9\u201d\u2014French for \u2018without mercy\u2019. It aptly captures the immorality of the indiscriminate de-risking of small, vulnerable jurisdictions that expend inordinate sums in compliance. The 24-page expose leaves no stone unturned as it reveals how vulnerable states exist at the mercy <\/em>of the \u201cmultinational corresponding banking architecture to settle their trade and investment transactions\u201d.<\/p>

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I found the Prime Minister\u2019s assertion that \u201cthere is no evidence that any bank licensed in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has ever been the cause of any fines imposed on any correspondent bank in the U.S., the U.K. or Canada\u201d to be unnervingly astounding.<\/p>\n

Equally startling was his revelation of the gradual loss of corresponding banks in the Caribbean as a direct result of the adverse advisories published by the INCSR. According to the report, \u201ccorresponding banks provide banking services to respondent banks…a nexus between local economies and the international financial system…\u201d \u00a0The report revealed further that due to fear of penalties, corresponding banks in the US, in particular, have threatened to withdraw access from CARICOM, opting to avoid risks rather than implement costly compliance measures.<\/p>

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And herein lies my greatest fear: the Caribbean region cut off from the world\u2019s financial system! The implications border on the apocalyptic. He likened corresponding banks to the \u201cblood that delivers nutrients to different parts of the body\u201d and cited the direct socio-economic benefits of corresponding banks. The movement of remittances, humanitarian financial flows, payment of medicines, healthcare, and education are all adversely affected by de-risking. And the domino effect could include higher cost of living, inordinately lengthy transaction times, and the increased practice of \u2018dark economics\u2019. According to the Prime Minister, \u201cde-banking\u201d will be inevitable if no timely intervention takes place.<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister\u2019s report seemed well-reasoned, credible. Thus, my research of the matter lead me to \u201cA View on the EU’s Blacklisting of CARICOM Financial Centres\u201d, the opinions of my go-to<\/em> aficionado on economics, Dr Hilary Beckles, as published in both the Jamaican Gleaner and Trinidadian Guardian. The fact that both gentlemen\u2019s perspectives articulate similar sentiments hints that CARICOM is together on this issue. And that\u2019s very heartening except that the pervasive political tribalism could very well interfere with the citizens\u2019 attention to the absolutely devastating phenomenon of de-risking. I believe that the implications of de-risking are too dire to leave room for any political football.<\/p>

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I view Prime Minister Browne\u2019s report as an eye-opener for Caribbean people. His suggestions for the way forward could albeit fall on \u2018developed\u2019 deaf ears; however, it\u2019s a call for action\u2014encouragement for his counterparts to start thinking outside the box that could inadvertently l lead to the underworld. \u00a0Although his recommendations for \u2018alternative pathways\u2019 seem justifiable vis-\u00e0-vis the injustices suffered by vulnerable states, I hasten to say that any omission of \u2018due diligence\u2019 could open a set of \u2018Pandora boxes\u2019.<\/p>

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Unfortunately, an in-depth assessment of the direct impact of de-risking on Antigua and Barbuda is a conspicuous omission from the Prime Minister\u2019s report. However, I anticipate robust discussion on the matter as the message sinks in.<\/p>\n

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Initially, with my mind set in carnival mode and eyes focused on Carnival \u2018chipping\u2019 up the road to sweet misbehaving in just a string and a sequin less than her birthday suit, I was in no mood to attend to such sordid details! Furthermore, I was such a novice to the concept of \u2018de-risking\u2019 that at first glance, \u201cDe-risking the Caribbean…\u201d could have very well been the name of some mas\u2019 troupe like, \u2018Preying in Paradise\u2019 or \u2018Playing with Just Frenz \u2019. Well, after perusing the document, I chanced upon ample \u2018red flags\u2019 for a jump and wave.<\/strong><\/em> \u00a0\u00a0Vellie Nicholas-Benta<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I am still staggered by the Prime Minister\u2019s expos\u00e9 on de-risking\u2014the termination of banking relations with jurisdictions tagged as \u2018tax havens\u2019 or \u2018high-risk\u2019 for money laundering.\u00a0 Prime Minister Gaston Browne\u2019s 24-page report, \u201cEnding De-risking in the Caribbean: Eliminating Risks for the World\u201d is not only instructive but illuminating. 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