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A prominent Manx nationalist has delivered a withering attack on attack on money laundering through the Isle of Man.
Greg Joughin contrasted the attitude and profile that the Isle of Man police project over some of their high profile campaigns to the low profile that is exhibited in relation to money laundering. He was speaking at the annual Illiam Dhone (Willian Christian) commemoration when nationalists gather at Hango Hill the execution site of seventeenth Manx martyr.
Delivering the oration in Manx at the ceremony Greg Joughin said:
"When a type of criminality exists, we expect corresponding laws, police divisions and the resource to deal with it.
The police conducted a campaign over Christmas (like each Christmas) against those who drink and drive. We have seen many adverts and items in the papers and on radio, and vehicles are being examined by the road-side. There are fines and even prison for those who are convicted.
Nonetheless, money-laundering accounts for most criminal money in the Isle of Man. This leads to human suffering, environmental damage and it aids organised crime but it seems that the Isle of Man police hardly spend any time on the matter. We don't see any adverts by the police about that matter and we don't hear much either. There is so much money laundering going on in the Island that there are jokes about it, like when we pull a wet note out of a pair of washed trousers.
The Treasury Minister willingly admits that money laundering is a problem in the Island and laws are expanding to say that we are combating it. But the neither the Treasury Minister, the Home Affairs Minister or anyone else in Tynwald has done much to empower the police to make use of these laws. If the police cannot give effect to these laws, then they are worthless.
But when I think of the culture of secrecy relating to companies and bank accounts and the way the Treasury allows financial to self regulate, and the way that the Treasury has made it easier to establish and maintain companies in the Isle of Man, I have a suspicion that the Treasury and the police don't want to do too much to clamp down on money laundering.
There is a small article under the title "Money Laundering" in the Annual Report of the Chief Constable who has retired now. It doesn't say much of importance and cites petty drug dealers as the chief objectives of the police."
A wreath was laid at the execution site by the Chairman of Mec Vannin (the Manx Nationalist Party), Mark Kermode, at the conclusion of the speeches.
J B Moffatt Director of Information Celtic League
02/01/08
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