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September 25th, 2019
Woman who crashed while overtaking political motorcade fined

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A woman, who attempted to overtake a ‘political motorcade’ and ended up colliding with another vehicle, is facing jail time if she fails to pay $850 in court fines.

September 13th, 2019
‘It’s weed officer’- Greenland man allegedly told police

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A man from Greenland, on the eastern end of Tortola, was fined $400.00 after he pleaded guilty before the Magistrate’s Court on September 12, 2019 for having a small quantity of marijuana in his possession.

September 13th, 2019
Australian was held with over $100K @ airport

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- Magistrate Ayanna O. Baptiste-DaBreo has ordered that the seized monies amounting to US$107,005.24, be returned to the owner, Australian Warwick James Reid.

September 10th, 2019
Kittitian who overstayed 1 yr, 8 mths said he couldn't find a 'sponsor'

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- A St Kitts national, who unlawfully remained for one year and eight months in the territory and used an alias to police, was fined $1,350 and ordered to spend four months at Her Majesty’s Prison (HMP).

June 15th, 2017
'Not enough market for local beef'- Hon Pickering

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - During the June 13, 2017 Sitting of the Virgin Islands House of Assembly, Opposition Member Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) raised the issue of stray cattle in his district, describing them as a nuisance as he sought answers of government's plans and strategies to deal with the issue.

January 24th, 2017
Man fined for biting lover over sex

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Trevor Frett, a resident of Purcell Estate, has to fork up $750 or spend two months in jail for allegedly biting the mother of his child who refused him sex sometime in April, 2016.

November 15th, 2016
Mossack Fonseca slapped with heaviest fine ever by FSC

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- In what is regarded as the heaviest fine ever issued by the Financial Services Commission (FSC), trust company Mossack Fonseca & Co (VI) was fined $440,000 for what Government has described as its contravention of numerous sections of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Code of Practice and BVI Regulatory Code.

June 23rd, 2016
Another 'big' charter‎ company fined by HM Customs

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - As Her Majesty's Customs intensifies its operation to clamp down on charter sailing companies breaching the laws that govern the industry, another prominent charter company has been fined for non-compliance.

June 21st, 2016
Charter company fined $95K for Customs & Immigration breaches- Wade Smith

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Resulting from a strategic operation executed jointly by Her Majesty’s Customs and the Department of Immigration, a charter company was fine $95,000, having been found defaulting as it related to its compliances for operating charters in the territory.

June 9th, 2016
Jamaican Dave Smith slapped with $850 in traffic fines

ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Jamaican national Dave Smith, who resides at Cane Garden Bay on the main island of Tortola, was yesterday June 8, 2016 slapped with a fine of $850 for various traffic offences, including driving without a licence and driving without insurance.

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