St. Maarten Private Eye

Dick Jefferson, one of the victims of the gay bashing attack last year is sueing CBS after they reportedly made life difficult and discriminated against against him after the attack, eventually firing him. Apparently they did not like the fact that he was pursuing his case for justice here.

If you recall, we are still awaiting the report that was promised to us all, about the response to this incident and why the police did not take statements from witnesses or the victims. The full story is filed away here.

Emmy winning senior producer files $50 million Lawsuit against CBS - 25th June 2007

St. Maarten Gay Bash Victim Sues, Says CBS Fired Him for Speaking Out

Flipper

SXM News Network

Philipsburg: - The recent arrest of police commissioner Marcel Loor seems to open a can of worms within the police department, mainly immigration. This media house received an email which indicated that a particular female immigration officer is also involved in alleged illegal activities.
The email which identified the immigration officer as L.H is stationed at the Princess Juliana International Airport; claims that the immigration officer was taking monies from foreigners to allow them to entry on St. Maarten even if they did not possess the required visa to enter the island.
It is also alleged that the woman husband and other family members were also involved in the illegal business as the husband was the one who was going around the island collecting the illegal monies from those who paid for the services. The husband who was an employee of the island utility company GEBE has since left the island and now resides in Dominica. The email also claimed that the officer has a sister who is detective is also assisting in the collection of monies which are bribes. According to the writer of the email it claims that the woman husband was the one seeking out clients while he was working as a technician for GEBE. The writer claimed that the so-called clients would pay half of the requested sum before family members or friends arrive on the island, while the other half is supposed to be paid when the illegal alien arrives on the island.

The writer of the email who prefers to remain anonymous in a telephone interview with SMN New said that the St. Maarten Police Department were notified about this matter over three weeks ago and a particular detective were assigned by Head of Immigration and Commissioner of Police Ademar Doran. However, it seemed as if the allegations against the officer and her sister has been dismissed by the detective who were assigned to the case because the officer and her husband went through a nasty divorce and the matter only surfaced as the two parties are fighting over blood money.

SMN News provided a copy of the email to Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein in order to find out if these allegations are legitimate. Stein said upon reading the contents of the email he immediately spoke to the police department and they said that the purpose of the mail is geared at character assassination since there is no proof that the officer is involved in any illegal activities. However, the island Chief Prosecutor said that he will be meeting with the officer tomorrow so that he would get the opportunity to listen to what the officer has to say. The island chief prosecutor said that he intends to get to the bottom of the scandal to make sure there is no wrong doing in the police department.

SXM News Network

Philipsburg: - Detained Police Commissioner Marcel Loor will be appearing before judge of instruction Wilfred Manning today as the prosecutors office is seeking to extend his pre-trail detention of the corrupt cop who have been charged with forgeries and accepting bribes. The prosecutor office is seeking to add another charge to the case jacket of Marcel Loor which is money laundering. Chief Prosecutor Taco Stein confirmed that the team of investigators who are handling Loor case found evidence at Standard Trust Company which proved that Loor has off shore companies and is involved in money laundering.

Standard Trust Company was searched on June 21st and its owner a mother and daughter were questioned. Stein said that based on the search of this Trust Company authorities were able to find proof in administration documents which showed that Loor were conducting other business

Marcel Loor is also owns a security company and has been using members of the Voluntary Korps and police dogs along with illegal firearms to provide services for shady businessmen.

SMN News learnt that two well known notaries have been searched in the ongoing investigations of the commissioner of Police Marcel Loor.
However, Chief prosecutor Taco Stein said he is not aware of the searches of the notaries and that if that was the case he would have known because such cases has to be discussed with the Attorney General

Police Commissioner Marcel Loor was arrested after Chinese National Gordon Yee pinpointed him as the mastermind behind a human smuggling case and the forging of immigration documents. Yee is still in police custody.

During the house search which was conducted during the early morning hours of June 19th 2007, federal detectives seized a number of documents, a computer that this media house understand belongs to former convicted prosecutor Cor Merx, along with a large sum monies and a bank draft. However, the island chief prosecutor remains tightlipped as to the items that were seized at Loor’s St. John Estate home.

SMN News also learnt via reliable sources that many local banks rejected Loor as a client as he wanted to deposit large sums of monies almost every week and could not give the bank a valid source of acquiring the monies which they suspected were from illegal activities.

Meanwhile, law enforcement has frozen all of Loor’s accounts and his offshore companies pending the outcome of his court case.

"SMN News also learnt via reliable sources that many local banks rejected Loor as a client as he wanted to deposit large sums of monies almost every week and could not give the bank a valid source of acquiring the monies which they suspected were from illegal activities."

When someone wants to deposit more than a certain amount at a bank the person will have to reveal the source where it came. If not possible, they should refuse. Logical huh?

However, the law on reporting of unusual transaction should have urged the bank to file documentation with the CBNA to the extent, that someone wanted to deposit a large sum of moneys, just due to the fact that something illegal was going on.........

So the thing was simple. The bank clerk did not want to accept the deposit and thus exonerated him/herself of the duty to report.

Yeah right......... look the other way next time you see someone pull a gun on someone else......... right?

What a world............

I am curious as to why the recent court verdict against Loor has not been given attention to on sxm pe. it is the most talked about subject at the moment on sxm.
Everyone feared that Loor would have walked, instead he received a hefty 4 years and a fls.600.000 fine.
The most expressed word on the street is that justice has finally taken hold on sxm and that Justice Lannoy is the man of the moment. While Loor could not give a honest account to the court how and where he obtained his funds in excess of millions, that is 2 properties-land in Red Pond, land in Curacao, 2 houses, and cash deposits in his Standard Trust account under the name of Santana of which he is the sole owner.
From persons that attended the court hearing it was being said that Loor did not allow his lawyer to speak as it appears he was defending his own case. to top it off persons in the know said it also appears that convicted ex-prosecutor Merx is the one that wrote Loors written defense. From all angles of society on sxm it is being said that Loor got what he deserved and the judge was correct when he called him a wolf in sheep clothing and a hungry money tiger.

Many times.

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Flipper

I personally never met this person but I have a short story to tell.
About two years ago I reported to a police detective (statement given at the police station) about some sudden petty theft happening at my house and strange activities in my neighbour's home.
My neighbor of Chinese nationality had many Chinese young men coming and going from his place especially at night.
In fact we never saw them arriving but we saw them going in the mid morning with a small bus or cars that were picking them up.
Many new faces all the time. The theft at my place started in the same period.
Soap, clorox an iron.. etc..;Small stuff from the laundry room with an external access door. The detective in question heard my story wrote the report and told me that for the Chinese traffic part I had to talk to Mr. Loor.

He was not there that day and I had to come back.

Speaking then to a friend of mine, she said not to bother to go to Loor as he was too friendly with too many immigrants and did not look clear.

I never went back to him.

Today I have my answers .

If I had gone to him then I was just going to report a suspicious illegal activity of human trafficking (that what it was looking to me ) to the very person who was profiting from it.

wow!!

I hope that Loor and the Lithuanian case is just the beginning of a long "cleaning campaign".

I don't know if the Loor case has anything to do with the Lithuanian couples case.
Every house should be cleaned up. SS always parked his Hummer at the pay parking lot between Greenhouse and Bobby's Marina. The hummer was noticable and he always came to Philipsburg with a woman who could be a model. She was thin, black and beautiful. I don't think it was his wife but I could be wrong.
Maybe the pay parking had a surveillance camera.

Your post is such absolute garbage, that it is laughable. One goes to town and needs to park somewhere. So the man parked in Bobby's lot. My co-workers do the same every day. And who he walks the street with is only subject for gossip but absolutely none of your business.

If you think money-laundering business is conducted in a parking lot you are absolutely (hmmmmmmm...??) stupid....

What is disturbing in cases like this one with this couple, Loor, immigration officers, and others passing the treshold of what is permissable under the law, is the utter lack of hard info in the media, leaving the public to speculate wildly.

And that is a sorry state of affairs.....

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