<div class="bbWrapper">There's no way of taking curacao casinos to court as far as I understand <img src="/forums/styles/default/casinomeister/smilies/confused.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" data-shortname=":confused:" />...why do you make such a post and then not back it up with something, some details?<br />
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I've looked into the curacao casino 'scene' through google, no one's been able to lay a hand on them as far as I can tell, no govt, no organisation. A few independent minded journalists and dutch mp's have tried to raise it as an issue but to deaf ears it seems...the only way I can see change is for dutch/EU politicians and campaigners to keep bringing it up, to embarrass the authorities into taking action, but it's probably not without personal risk, in 2013 Helmin Wiels, leader of Curaçao’s largest party was murdered in broad daylight.<br />
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from the economist website:<br />
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<i>The murder looks like a well planned professional hit. The gunfire was rapid and accurate. The killers picked a Sunday, when Mr Wiels, who was 54, moved without his usual bodyguards. An accomplice sped off with the assassin in a gold-coloured car.<br />
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The island, which lies 65km (40 miles) off the coast of Venezuela, is known for its breezy beaches, clear waters—and cocaine. It has become a stepping-stone for South American drugs, mostly bound for the United States or the Netherlands. The United States’ State Department reports that the island is unable to deal with “endemic drug-related crime, violence, and corruption</i>.”<br />
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<i>With a background in social work, Mr Wiels made his political name as a campaigner against corruption. Three days before his death he had threatened to expose alleged illegalities related to the sale of lottery tickets. On his weekly radio programme he regularly lashed out at his many political rivals, expatriates from the mainland Netherlands, <b>alleged crime syndicates</b> and even the United States’ counter-narcotics operation, whose aircraft are based at the island’s international airport.</i> <br />
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<i>Mr Wiels' party<b> favours full independence from the Netherlands</b>, but as a fairly distant future goal. Ronald Plasterk, the Dutch cabinet minister responsible for Kingdom relations, said after his death that Mr Wiels had been “the most powerful man in Curaçao.” <br />
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<b>Since the break-up of the Netherlands Antilles federation in 2010</b>,<b> Curaçao has handled its own affairs</b> as a free and equal component of the Kingdom. A few weighty matters such as foreign affairs and defence are managed by a Kingdom Council, where the Dutch cabinet sits with representatives of Curaçao, Aruba and the Dutch half of the island of St Maarten. </i><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(184, 49, 47)">[bear in mind the curacao online gambling setup pre-dates 2010 by many years, and you can begin to see the problem]</span><br />
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">....<i>Some Curaçaoans wonder if there is a coded message in the way that five bullets were fired at 5pm on the fifth day of the fifth month. Most just want an end to the current uncertainties. </i></span></div>