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Cary Yan, 51, and Gina Zhou, 35, bribed UN officials in a ploy to transform a Pacific island into a futuristic tax haven - and allegedly advance Chinese influence close to a US military facility.
The governments of Australia and Japan are funding two major law enforcement developments in the Marshall Islands.
Justice Minister Kessai Note announced during a Nitijela session on Thursday that the two governments are providing assistance that will give law enforcement operations a big boost.
The government of Australia will be providing the Marshall Islands with a new and more sophisticated patrol vessel for patrolling its waters.
As part of Australia s regional patrol boat program, the Australian government provided a patrol vessel to this western Pacific nation in the early 1990s, as well as stationing Royal Australian Navy personnel in Majuro to support maritime surveillance and enforcement action.
MARSHALL ISLANDS FAST-TRACKING EU OPTIONS Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/24/2001 - 00:00
MAJURO, Marshall Islands (August 10, 2001 – Marshall Islands Journal) -RMI officials are hoping to fast-track funding and training opportunities with the European Union, including involvement by the European Investment Bank.
RMI special envoy to the EU Surendra Sharma said that in the next few months, he is hopeful that President Kessai Note can make a visit to EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. He is confident that such a visit will have a very positive impact on EU agencies responses to the RMI in the future.
In addition, he aims to organize attachments by RMI ministry and agency staff in Brussels to expose them to the EU system, so that local officials develop a network of contacts in the EU, which will help to speed action on development assistance.