Masters of paradise : organized crime and the Internal Revenue Service in The Bahamas
This is a history of the penetration of The Bahamas and the corruption of its high officials by U.S. organized crime during the 1960's and 1970's, the period when the Bahamas became politically independent of Great Britain. It examines the development of a symbiotic relationship among off-shore tax havens in The Bahamas, sophisticated American criminals, and complacent public officials in the United States. It also describes the secret U.S. Internal Revenue Service operations directed at American criminals involved in Bahamian-based tax scams and money laundering. These developments raise major questions about American law enforcement officials' commitment to fighting complex international crime during the period
Print Book, English, ©1991
Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, N.J., ©1991