PHILIPSBURG:--- The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the A. C Wathey Cruise Facilities Mark Mingo who was arrested on June 7th, 2017 at the Princess Juliana International Airport (PJIAE) has to spend another eight days behind bars as the Judge of Instruction agreed with the Prosecutor’s Office to extend the pretrial detention of Mingo for another eight days. The judge gave its decision on Friday afternoon.
Mingo was arrested by the TBO and RST in the Emerald Investigation, the detectives also searched the home of Mingo. A press release from the Prosecutor’s Office on June 7th, 2017 stated that the Emerald-investigation began in April 2016. The investigation started when the owner of a security company on Sint Maarten was suspected of falsity in writing, money laundering, and tax evasion. In November 2016 O.A. has arrested already in this case and property of him was seized.
The investigation is part of a larger investigation into fraud and corruption, also called undermining. This is a serious threat to the security and economy of the countries of the Dutch Carribean. TBO, RST, the national detectives of Curacao and Sint Maarten and the Public Prosecutors Office are all partners in the combating of undermining.
