Bob's Lessons Learned

Piarco International Airport

Construction Big-rigging, Money Laundering In September 2000, the Attorney General of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago required the services of a forensic accountant to conduct an investigation into allegations of corruption and procurement fraud regarding the construction of the country’s Piarco international airport at a cost of some US$110 million. An interim report was issued within two months on the Friday prior to the country’s general election held in early December 2000. The AG’s political party won the election, but the investigation did not continue. Thereafter in 2001, the AG and two other ministers resigned from Cabinet over the...
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