If all policemen, customs officers , immigration officers, prison officers , def3nse force officers, and every government agency where investigated about the amount of money they have acquired, houses, cars, land they have acquired, we as a country, would be in trouble. We are a corrupt country, everyone is bought with a price.The people are more suprised that more have nlt been caught than just a few caught. We need the freedom of information act set in stone, campaign finance laws act, so politicians can go to jail, and the worst of the worst must be define , so we can execute offenders. The children do not have good examples to follow. Everyone fights and argues with authority from parents to teachers to policemen.

True. The current situation punishes honesty. If most of the working people's lives are propped up by corruption/deals/stealing etc. Then it's not as obvious and united that the pay/economics of the work Bahamians is not livable. The locals can't afford to live in their country. You need to beg, have connections, be wrapped up in some shady schemes

"*an unnamed high-ranking Bahamian politician **authorised the HELP and involvement of Bahamian law enforcement officials** in a scheme to facilitate cocaine shipments*:

Jesus save us

"*Curtis and SGT Symonette allegedly "engaged in extensive discussions regarding the use of their official positions to transport bulk money — from Florida to The Bahamas, including by **Bahamian government or military aircraft**, in exchange for*"

Now we see why 2.5m for a jet in control of the police force makes sense. Economical.

If I didn't read this for myself I wouldn't believe it.
WTF is going on in this country?

We're a nation for sale. How many criminals are operating here? Foreigners like Peter Nygard, SBF, etc. were only brought to justice because the USA and Canada came after them in our borders. Do we forget the USA was investigating Sebas Bastian for money laundering and not even a week later the Bahamian Government appointed him as an ambassador which carries some protection/awkwardness for the USA to investigate another country's ambassador

The high-ranking Bahamian politician, .
Got himself in a great position, .
To make bundles of dollars smuggling drugs, .
Taking all bribes from Colombian thugs. .
The marine, the sergeant, and the super, .
Transporting worse than that ol’ “Square Grouper”. .
How many have died from the coke they transshipped? .
How many addicts into poverty slipped? .
While the officer and police living high on the hog, .
Soon goin’ be in jail living like a dog. . .
Most excellent it would be if this politician went to jail. .
Instead of ending rich, he’d be trying to get bail.
Sigh.

It will never stop. So long as you're a good cop.
Compromised we are as well. A nation going to hell.
To be a PLP official today. One must play, and pray never pay.
A country calling itself Christian.. We must be on some kinda mission.

Sounds like the new US ... corrupt and ignorant

Then , we make them national heros

LMAO

Where's Birdie to tell us we eating our own, to support these shameless corrupt politicians because they're "innocent until proven guilty". Let me put my gas mask on first to lessen the stench.

Birdie might be one of the indicted.

kml

When the unnamed official is named, then we're talking.
Let's hear it.

I wonder with what kind of stupid statement Freddie will come up now. Probably something along the lines of "dark forces" are conspiring internationally to bring down the government.

Come on Tribune."The arrests also come during a period of heightened scrutiny of the police force’s top brass. Over the summer, leaked voice notes involving a senior police officer in dealings with gang members prompted an ongoing FBI-assisted investigation, with the head of the Criminal Investigation Division, Michael Johnson, placed on garden leave."
What scrutiny?
Is the Tribune scrutinizing?
Who's doing the scrutinizing? The PLP and Davis' Office of the PM?
You must be joking.
Is the Tribune part of the problem? Going along to get along?
Hold dey feet to da Fire bey.

The Tribune does not do a good job of investigative reporting, they are most concerned with Sports related articles and Politicians controlling them I MISS THE PUNCH... they held the politicians feet to the fire.

All high ranking members should go.
Davis should resign.
There are far, far too many allegations of corruption under his supposed leadership.

Since 2021. Really how could anyone be surprised.

**Should know** -- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York has a reputation all its own among 93 U.S. attorney offices. -- The (SDNY) has a reputation for being aggressive in pursuing criminals, and for being one of the most influential and active federal district courts in the country. -- The SDNY's resources, culture, and FBI field office has a **reputation for being aggressive in its pursuit of criminals.** -- The SDNY **also has a high conviction rate, with over 95% of criminal cases resulting in a guilty plea.** -- Better have deep pockets to go up against their deeper pockets. -- Seems the FBI may have now **invited themselves** into colony's political peoples' and policemans' dirty affairs and business. -- I remind, -- The colony's every single outgoing and incoming voice call are recorded by US intelligence systems and agents. -- Talk to Granny. It's recorded. --Yes

I really don't care if they listen to my calls to Granny...they will be bored or laughing....nothing criminal

@ComradeWhatsUp, I was always one phone call away from a Granny call to the Policemans' station and having them showing up at the front door of my parents house. -- My Granny was always suspicious of my passion for Baking. -- Especially my favorite. -- Specially-laced Brownies. -- My sisters were always accusing me of enabling Granny as my official taster. -- Those were the cherished memories'. -- Yes?

This "revelation" doesn't amount to a drop in the bucket of the corruption in the Bahamas!

Large scale drug smuggling and human trafficking COULDN'T possibly have flourished in a small country like the Bahamas for 50 years without the assistance and collaboration of corrupt politicians and law enforcement!

We seriously need to purge the House Of Assembly on both sides of the aisle.

Yup.

@ComradeSP, -- Look in the mirror of the HOA and what you'll see is a fair representation of **'We the Popoulaces;** -- To return the honourable back to the House Of Assembly (HOA) on both sides of the aisle. -- Probably goin' call for extending the purging to a significant as less honourable portion of the popoulaces'. -- Yes?

This is it, this is what 51 years of NEGRO GOVERNANCE has achieved. What a milestone of progress.

SAD!

Is not one of Florida named in charge over the government's Planes. -- Send aboard the sniff dogs. -- Where's the FTX Plane. -- Yes?

There needs to be a commission of inquiry. There have been rumours and allegations for years about corruption in government agencies. Bahamians have short memories and is play stupid, There is little or no investigative journalism in this country.

@ComradeBoneFish, appointed and asked to do what -- Yes?

"*The United States District Court Southern District of New York has alleged that drug traffickers **HAVE smuggled** tons of cocaine through The Bahamas into the United States **since 2021** with the "support and protection of corrupt Bahamian government officials, including high-ranking members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force.*"

Unlike what Brave Davis' weak statement would have us believe, **this is not a single incident** with the conspirators arrested before completion of the transaction. **This indictment references *multiple* events that *HAVE*, past tense, been completed** and paid for over the course of three **years**.

**Where is Wayne Munroe?**

He told us he couldnt get involved in the Johnson case, but certainly he should have an interest in the national security implications of one of his cabinet colleagues being implicated.

**Imagine what this implies**. This corrupt politician, who *alledgedly* negotiated a 2m dollar bribe, is sitting in a position of power and *is now himself open to threats of extortion!!* from persons who may have evidence of his involvement. In a weird turn of events, this mirrors the purpose of the Mikey Voice Tapes.
Further, the unnamed politician is currently still free to operate and has his hands on access to oodles and oodles of treasury contract dollars and sensitive information to stave off actions that would out him.

Also, given the revelations in this indictment, **exactly what is JDL**?? A private entity, with **no accountability requirements in law**, that gets access to every shipment coming through the **airport**, the same airport that Curtis was in charge of btw, **before** the Customs department can exercise its legally mandated oversight to sieze contraband. As another commenter pointed out, was Minnis hinting at this deeper conspiracy when he claimed to be in fear of his life if he revealed more?

I hear the argument that this spans multiple administrations, so is not political. But I recall a statement about the practice of requiring the kiddie carnival to pay a fee to a political party before they could get a business license, "***when we in charge is ours and when they in charge is theirs***". Imagine if you had to give the PLP or FNM party 1k to get your business license? In perpetuity. This has shades of classic mafia shakedown.

The more you peel the onion, my God

Further, to these "law enforcement officers promised as resources to assist with cocaine shipments", do we have a corrupt syndicate within the force willing to do all manner of illegal activity if the price is right? This would be something totally different to "***a few bad independent apples***"

I want to know the name of the public official.
I want to hear the Johnson voice notes.
Why can't we?

The voicenotes circulated on social media months ago. A shooting in some state hitting a whistleblower shortly followed.

What does the DEA need the confiscate for?