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Paradise Bust: Scandal in the British Virgin Islands

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Foy's 'Numbness'

Foy was never charged and he denied any wrongdoing arguing the allegations were politically motivated. The scheme for his accused of taking part in could have been scripted for an episode of Netflix hit show, Narcos. According to a US affidavit released on the 28th, a similar cartel operative from Mexico approached the managing director of the BVI ports authority with a plan to move huge quantities of cocaine through the islands. He promises to keep the cocaine safe and give the cartel a say in future political decisions. At one point he says, he took me 20 years to get here and I don't want to leave in 20 minutes. Friends warn him not to go ahead but he ignores them.

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