Gaston Browne crime family

Prime Minister Browne is going to unusual lengths to provide public detail of his government’s talks with the United States about receiving some deportees. He presented the House of Representatives with lengthy documentation of his government’s position and its assessment of the evolving American positions. Naturally, he posted a video of his presentation on his… Read more: If Gassy had been this transparent with the Alfa Nero money trail or passport sales …

No wonder why the U.S. and EU are so adamant that our government fix the CIP passport program. Gaston Browne has been selling Antigua and Barbuda passports to nationals from Iran, apparently without proper screening. This has made us all look like potential terrorists. This is why so many of us must jump through hoops… Read more: CHOGM-26 chief sold our passports to Iran, prompting U.S. counterterrorism concerns

As part of his campaign to kiss up to allies of President Donald Trump, Gaston Browne has started the rumour that trillionaire Elon Musk might come to Antigua and Barbuda in November. Musk supposedly is “showing some interest” to attend the Commonwealth Business Forum of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM26) “I’m told …… Read more: More kissing up to Trump World: Browne starts rumour that Elon Musk might attend CHOGM26

Welcome to the unofficial website of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM26). The Browne government’s failure to reserve the CHOGM26 domain name for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting has caused users of CHOGM26.com to be redirected to this page. The Gaston Browne Crime Family is pleased to host the unofficial CHOGM26 site. “The… Read more: Gaston Browne Crime Family page is now the unofficial website of CHOGM26

Investigators in the U.S. are reviewing Gaston Browne’s still-unexplained issuance of a diplomatic passport to international money launderer Alex Saab within months of becoming prime minister. Browne became prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda shortly after the June, 2014 elections. He issued the diplomatic passport to Saab five months later, on 18 November. Saab was… Read more: Gaston Browne’s diplomatic passport for Alex Saab is an issue again

“The prime minister’s own lawyers may have inadvertently exposed his finances to judicial scrutiny in the case of the purloined superyacht” Alfa Nero, according to a National News Brief report in the U.S. “Now, according to a newly filed memorandum in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Browne’s own legal… Read more: Browne’s flawed legal strategy caused Antiguan court to allow Martin de Luca access to Alfa Nero books

Gaston Browne’s main exposure vector is not necessarily Alex Saab personally but the broader ecosystem Saab can illuminate: offshore banking, sanctions‑evasion structures, CBI/CIP flows, and opaque yacht/asset transactions in which Browne and his family are already under legal and compliance scrutiny in U.S. and regional fora.[1][2][3][4][5][6] 1. Existing lines of legal and reputational exposure Open‑source… Read more: How Alex Saab’s potential revelations would burn Gaston Browne’s whole financial ecosystem

Our prime minister might be in the FBI crosshairs again as Venezuelan money launderer Alex Saab weighs whom to rat out first in his bid to cut a deal with American prosecutors. Browne is an easy throwaway for Saab. As a head of government, he is a prize even if a tiny one. He has… Read more: Alex Saab likely to rat out his offshore facilitators early, as he cuts deal with U.S. prosecutors

Our passports are again in danger thanks to concerns about a Chinese tech company’s investment that again involves possible abuse of the Antiguan Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP). The luxury resort development at the heart of this controversy is the newly launched US$200 million Long Bay Zen Resort project on Antigua’s eastern coastline, which officially… Read more: Chinese firms behind Long Bay Zen Resort raise questions about CIP that endanger our passports

Faced with the prospect of Alex Saab telling U.S. prosecutors the details of Gaston Browne’s corruption, the prime-minister-for-life has compounded his mistakes with ugly attacks on the character of Senator Malaka Parker. Now, like his friend Nicolas Maduro, Browne is using the police to go after his political opponents. “It is … deeply disturbing, though… Read more: Browne ‘weaponises’ government power to protect his corruption with ‘libel, lies, and innuendo’

Instead of mending fences with Washington toward clearing up the passport issue, Gaston Browne remained publicly silent during the recent Tradewinds 26 exercise. “Browne can’t keep his mouth shut to announce a gift from his Chinese government friends, but he is uncharacteristically quiet when the Americans lead a multinational disaster response exercise to help his… Read more: Browne’s conspicuous silence during Tradewinds 26 exercise wasted U.S. goodwill on visas

Ambassador Ronald Sanders has made it clear in Washington how much Gaston Browne hates Donald Trump. Suddenly, though, with the U.S. turning the screws on Browne’s corrupt passport scandal and his special ties to the Chinese Communist Party, Browne has gone fully pro-Trump. In Washington, Trump loyalists are laughing at what they call Gaston’s “Browne-nosing.”… Read more: ‘Browne-nosing’ Trump on Facebook

When the U.S. government reels in a big fish like Alex Saab, it builds a case to put him away for the rest of his life – unless he cooperates to incriminate others. He would put his family at risk by ratting out murderous kingpins with global reach. So he’s likely to cooperate at the… Read more: It’s only a matter of time until Alex Saab snitches on his friends to get a lighter sentence

Gaston made a lot of promises to win his fourth term. He’s making good on his housing promise to his Minister of Housing. Did the Alfa Nero sale fund this humble project? Click here for our story describing this huge palace. Here’s how it looks from space.

Here are 10 reasons why Antiguans and Barbudans will face expanded visa sanctions, high tariffs and reduced flights from the United States under a continued Gaston Browne administration: 1.⁠ ⁠Security Concerns Over Citizenship by Investment (CBI) The U.S. State Department has already suspended the issuance of certain visas for Antiguans, citing security risks associated with… Read more: 10 reasons why our U.S. and EU visas will be in danger if the Brownes stay in power

Gaston Browne threw away his tactical victory in U.S. court by filing an Alfa Nero defamation case in Antigua. That poorly advised action dragged his son Andron into the legal matter – right into the hands of Alfa Nero attorney Martin De Luca. Browne had won a procedural matter in U.S. court on Alfa Nero… Read more: Bullbudding himself now: In filing defamation suit in Antigua, Browne drags Andron into Martin De Luca’s discovery

By the Board of the Caribbean Anticorruption Association As the 2026 general election approaches, the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda stands at a precipice. The Caribbean Anticorruption Association has closely monitored the trajectory of the current administration, and the conclusion is unavoidable: the prevailing culture of governance has become a liability to the prosperity… Read more: Choosing integrity as we go to vote

Gaston Browne’s personal attorney Anthony W. Astaphan was part of the email group involved in drafting coverup language to the Alfa Nero sale, a document in U.S. federal court reveals. Ambassador Ronald Sanders, Brown’s envoy to Washington, put Astaphan on the list with yacht brokers as “lead Attorney in Antigua in Barbuda.” Whether Sanders meant… Read more: Astaphan was on email group to draft coverup language for Alfa Nero sale

As it presents a united front in public, ABLP leaders are squabbling behind the scenes on word that Gaston Browne is planning to appoint his wife as Deputy Prime Minister should he win on Thursday. As Minister of Housing and Works, Maria Bird-Browne is already part of the problem plaguing the country. ABLP candidates for… Read more: Partners in Crime: Bitter infighting in ABLP as Browne plans to make wife co-ruler

The United States Postal Service has confirmed that the Caribbean Anticorruption Association letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche was indeed received at the U.S. Department of Justice. Gaston Browne denied – with having no way of knowing – that the letter had been received. The Caribbean Anticorruption Association, an ad-hoc group, tells us that it… Read more: U.S. Postal Service confirms that Attorney General Blanche received Caribbean Anticorruption Association letter about Browne

Gaston Browne is again blaming the United States for having restricted our visas on a “false premise.” He says that the U.S., not his own government, is responsible for the visa hardship. He told ABS that U.S. State Department officials said they “regretted that such action was taken based on a false premise,” Antigua Newsroom… Read more: Deflection: Browne blames U.S. State Department for ‘false premise’ in restricting visas

Gaston Browne made his son a potential target in U.S. federal court when he fined a defamation case against attorney Martin De Luca and his firm in Antigua and Barbuda. Because of the way U.S. law works, Browne’s defamation suit allows de Luca and the Boies Schiller Flexner (BSF) firm to go after Andron and… Read more: When Browne filed defamation case against De Luca, he made his son Andron a target in U.S. court

The Alfa Nero scandal shows what a newly filed legal document calls “a nearly identical pattern of misconduct from a few years ago when a witness account from the Odebrecht scandal attested to a €3 million bribe paid to Browne in exchange for not providing evidence of Odebrecht corruption in Antigua that U.S. and Brazilian… Read more: ‘Nearly identical pattern of misconduct’ with €3 million bribe from Odebrecht

The yacht broker who arranged the sale of the Alfa Nero wrote his colleagues about “an intense 4 days of negotiation with the prime minister” to agree on a severely reduced price for the superyacht. This came to light in a July 3, 2024 email from yacht broker Richard Higgins to his colleagues, made public… Read more: Yacht broker’s email tells of ‘4 days of negotiation’ with Browne to slash Alfa Nero price

Ambassador Ronald Sanders told Alfa Nero yacht broker to write a public statement “to give the transaction the appearance of legitimacy,” according to an April 25 filing in U.S. federal court in Miami. The revelation is the latest in attorney Martin De Luca’s discovery into Gaston Browne’s sale of the superyacht Alfa Nero. “It would… Read more: Ronald Sanders told yacht broker to ‘issue a public statement’ in Alfa Nero coverup, court documents show

Sales of our passports in crooked deals isn’t the only corruption of Antigua and Barbuda’s once respected Citizenship by Investment Programme. Following the disclosures of Browne giving away our passports as a bonus in the Alfa Nero sale, the U.S. has moved on two fronts that materially affect us all. This won’t be fixed as long… Read more: Alfa Nero sale shows corruption of CIP, degradation of our passports & hardship getting visas

Prime Minister Browne personally negotiated the sale of the Alfa Nero, which included a $6 million payoff for himself, sent to an Antigua law firm that represents Browne personally. This is according to a court memorandum in the “Gaston Browne Corruption Discovery Application, filed over the weekend in Florida by attorney Martin De Luca and… Read more: New U.S. court filing says Gaston took $6 million ‘kickback’ for low-priced Alfa Nero sale

Chet Greene might not like whitey in Saint Paul, but Gaston Browne is happy for China to “colonise” our country. “If it is that China is colonising Antigua and Barbuda with gifts, well, bring them on. Bring more,” Browne said in this recording. Listen to him in his own words: What kind of “colonising” does… Read more: Browne said he wants China to ‘colonise’ Antigua and Barbuda ‘with gifts.’ ‘Bring more.’

Foreign Minister Chet Greene attacked “white people” in a nasty fusillade against his independent opponent, Alan “Spotlight” Weston. “Spotlight has been encouraged by some folks, from … the white power campaign,” Greene alleged on WTP FM 93.5, broadcast from Saint Paul Parish. Greene called Spotlight “Uncle Tom,” echoing an anonymous letter published a few days… Read more: Chet Greene slams ‘white people,’ calls his opponent their ‘Uncle Tom’

It’s all here: Corruption files, public issues, manifesto audit, broken promises, source vault, timeline – even a place to submit evidence. “The public case starts with money, contracts, and missing answers.” Welcome to Unmask Antigua, a website that tracks the Gaston Browne Crime Family with documentation. “Unmask Antigua tracks where public money, public promises, and… Read more: The Browne Crime Family is not a normal form of government

ABLP Chairman Chet Green wrote a blistering condemnation of a letter to the U.S. Attorney General which we were the first to publish. He criticised us by name, mariabirdbrowne.com, and in so doing, created a hyperlink to our site. Gaston copied and pasted Chet’s denunciation on his Facebook page, including the link that happens to… Read more: Chet Greene tricks Gaston into posting a link to MariaBirdBrowne.com on Facebook

It is impossible for any outsider to know whether the U.S. Attorney General – or any federal official – received a letter. Senior ABLP people are going around saying that acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche did not receive the Caribbean Anticorruption Association’s recent letter. There is no possible way that anyone in Antigua and… Read more: No honest person can claim that the U.S. Attorney General did or did not receive a letter

The U.S. is increasingly pulling the visas of corrupt foreign officials and their families, including lawmakers. Any MP associated with the Gaston Browne Crime Family risks putting a target on himself and his family. The U.S. has expanded visa restrictions in the Western Hemisphere, already barring 26 unnamed individuals (and their families) linked to adversarial activities; some could… Read more: Want to get you and your family banned from the U.S.? Get elected with the Browne Crime Family.

The top project of the Minister of Housing and Works is coming along beautifully, with some of the most solid construction in the country. Maria Bird-Browne’s gigantic mansion on Marble Hill, Saint Johns, befits the Labour Queen and her Prime-and-Finance Minister husband. This satellite photo shows the sheer size of the palace, on a generous… Read more: Housing Minister’s favourite project is coming along nicely

Gaston Browne, Ronald Sanders, and other top officials – including their family members – could lose their U.S. visas under Washington’s expanded national security policies. Browne and Sanders have been working in Caricom and at the Organisation of American States to damage U.S. regional security initiatives designed to foreign military threats from its southern maritime… Read more: It hasn’t happened yet, but U.S. could revoke visas of Browne & family members for damaging American security interests

“The Ministry regards the circulation of this claim as political mischief, intended to mislead the public and to create unnecessary concern during the current election period,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said about rumors that the United States revoked Gaston Browne’s visa. “The Ministry wishes to state unequivocally that these claims are false and entirely… Read more: Foreign Ministry denies, without proof, that U.S. pulled Browne’s visa

A new video about Minister of Housing and Works Maria Bird-Browne tells a lot of truths in a funny way that should resonate with everyone forced to tolerate incompetent bureaucrats, bad roads, poor health services, and government corruption. Have a look here, courtesy of Concerned Rural East Constituents. Screen shots below.

A detailed rap sheet of suspected corruption among ABLP figures across the government is now at the U.S. Department of Justice, awaiting consideration by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The 12-page document, dated April 20, contains names of individuals and institutions, including Gaston Browne and Maria Bird-Browne. The allegations, though not new, are shocking when… Read more: U.S. Attorney General gets letter requesting probe into ABLP corruption, human trafficking

A new UPP campaign video is correct when it says that American and European visa restrictions on our passports will get worse if Browne stays in power. Here’s the text of the video: “The U.S. has slapped visa sanctions on the people of Antigua and Barbuda because of the Gaston Browne government’s policies. “But more… Read more: UPP video is correct: The U.S. will tighten visa restrictions if Browne, who created the problem, remains in power

Nowhere in its 100-page Manifesto does the ABLP mention corruption or nepotism. The wordy vision of the future briefly commits ABLP to what all politicians promise: strengthening enforcement against misconduct and abuse of office, emphasizing that laws must apply to everyone and that there should be no impunity among public officials. It’s as if the past 12 years never… Read more: Browne’s 100-page manifesto makes no mention of fighting corruption or nepotism

In their 100-page Manifesto, Gaston and ABLP are silent about what they will do to end the U.S. visa restrictions on our passports. The Manifesto doesn’t mention the word “visa” at all. It never references the U.S. visa restrictions on Antigua and Barbuda passport holders. Not explicitly, and not even in oblique, identifiable terms. It only talks generically… Read more: Gaston’s Renaissance Manifesto says ZERO about ending the U.S. visa restrictions. Why?

A prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda can easily work with the United States to eliminate the new visa restrictions – just as other Caribbean prime ministers have done. Labour recently made a false denial of Jamale Pringle’s assertion that, as prime minister, he could “fix” the problem. While the visa restrictions are indeed U.S.… Read more: Pringle is right: The U.S. visa restrictions are easy for a prime minister to fix (if he wants to)

An executive of an American company has pled guilty in U.S. federal court to concealing adverse events, including deaths of patients treated with its device at Dr. Joey John’s clinic in Antigua. Last month, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that ExThera’s Chief Regulatory Officer, Sanja Ilic, agreed to plead guilty to concealing the information from the… Read more: American executive pled guilty to concealing deaths at Dr. Joey John’s Antigua clinic

“Killing Cancer Patients (Once the Payments Clear” is the headline for Science Magazine’s report that featured Governor General-designate Joey John and his clinic. The article covers the ExThera/Quadrant cancer treatment scheme, carried out at Dr. John’s Antigua facility, that led to a guilty plea in the U.S. last month. The original New York Times story… Read more: What the New York Times reported from Joey John’s clinic: ‘patients bleeding profusely … screaming in pain’

The Browne Crime Family has been in power for nearly 12 years, yet the ABLP promises “a new era of progress and prosperity.” Gaston Browne says in his colossal Manifesto that “the future is on the ballot.” The Manifesto‘s vision for 2026 and beyond just regurgitates the past. It confirms a clear pattern. Since 2014,… Read more: ABLP pledges ‘new era of progress and prosperity,’ but regurgitates 12 years of the Browne Crime Family

To date, the U.S. government has not charged Dr. Joey John with crimes relating to the recent guilty plea of his American colleague. The New York Times reports that the federal probe is “ongoing.” John strongly denies all allegations of wrongdoing. And under the law, he’s innocent until proven guilty. However, if the U.S. has… Read more: How American criminal law could catch up with Dr. Joey John if the U.S. were to indict him

Can the United States indict and arrest a Governor General for alleged crimes committed in U.S. jurisdiction? Short answer: Yes.  In principle, the United States can indict and arrest a sitting Governor General for crimes that fall within U.S. jurisdiction, provided personal or territorial jurisdiction exists and no applicable immunity (like head‑of‑state immunity) shields that conduct. The fact that someone is a Governor General… Read more: Bad news for Browne gang: U.S. law permits the arrest of a Governor General, as he is not a sovereign

PM Browne is arranging for one of his cronies to be Governor General, some say so his wealthy ABLP friend can avoid possible prosecution in the U.S. by hiding behind King Charles III. Browne’s inner circle is saying that Dr. Joey John is going to replace Sir Rodney Williams as Governor General after the election.… Read more: Did Browne boot Sir Rodney so Dr. Joey John can hide behind King Charles?

This cartoon of Gaston Browne has made the rounds of Washington DC, Miami, and London. He isn’t the Big Man he pretends to be.

The U.S. gave Gaston Browne plenty of time, until July 1, 2026, to fix the CIP security problems and ensure that Antiguans and Barbudans could get American passports. Browne could have fixed the problem. Instead, he chose to call snap elections before July 1. We all know what that means. It has been more than… Read more: US warned Browne in June 2025 to fix the CIP problem by July 2026. Browne is running out the clock with the snap election.