Royal Mail bidders, paradise islands and Prague properties: questions asked over Daniel Křetínský’s business links
Czech billionaire’s long-time business partners linked to controversial global property deals
February 2024
UK to send specialist assistance to Turks and Caicos after surge in fatal shootings
It is the second time in less than two years the Caribbean archipelago is seeing escalating violence, attributed to warring drug gangs
October 2023
Turks and Caicos engulfed by gang warfare, says Foreign Office report
Turks and Caicos corruption trial reaches mixed verdicts for four men
January 2023
Turks and Caicos under strain after 275 Haitian migrants recently detained
Governor says resources are stretched after three overloaded boats were intercepted between 23 December and 2 January
December 2022
Investigation into killing of Briton in Turks and Caicos boosted by UK
Denise Buck was killed in the self-governing territory, which has become a drugs trade battleground, in January
November 2022
‘Barbaric’ homicides surge in Turks and Caicos amid drug-related violence
Islands have become a battle ground for warring crime groups seeking to dominate the local drug market
October 2022
Turks and Caicos head said to question UK’s alleged failure to keep residents safe
Exclusive: Diplomatic row breaks out over UK’s alleged delay in helping combat murders and drugs trading
September 2022
Hurricane Fiona batters Turks and Caicos as Puerto Rico fights flooding
British island territory imposes curfew and urges people to flee flood-risk areas after Category 3 storm lashes Dominican Republic
August 2021
Rights and freedom
‘I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: the mortal cost of the Atlantic migrant route
Every year thousands of refugees from conflict, climate and instability in Africa board vessels in search of a new life in Europe but hundreds never arrive
June 2021
Turks and Caicos: 20 people found dead, including two children, on boat
Officials say investigators ruled out foul play but were still trying to determine what happened
January 2021
British Virgin Islands at a crossroads as outgoing governor decries corruption
With a judicial inquiry looming and the EU looking to blacklist the territory, the BVI is debating where its future lies
June 2018
British overseas territories in talks to keep tax haven secrecy
UK plan to impose public registers of share ownership sparked protests and calls for constitutional separation
September 2017
Hurricane Maria adds to damage caused by Irma on Turks and Caicos
Other territories including British Virgin Islands and Anguilla heavily hit by Irma have escaped full force of Maria
UK urges changes to international aid rules to help hurricane-hit islands
Downing Street says prime minister is frustrated by restrictions preventing Caribbean islands with high GDP receiving money from aid pot
Irma's destruction: island by island
Hurricane Irma: survivors tell of 'utter devastation' on Caribbean islands
Caribbean islanders fear another battering after Irma wreaks havoc
May 2015
UK offshore tax havens at heart of US investigation into World Cup corruption
British Virgin Islands, Caymans and Turks & Caicos feature heavily in justice department indictment of senior football officials
April 2015
Haiti shipwreck: 40 migrants could be dead, US coast guard says
21 bodies have been recovered so far, according to the Haitian government; about 50 passengers were headed to Turks and Caicos Islands
