Masters of paradise
Subtitle: organized crime and the Internal Revenue Service in the Bahamas
By: Alan A. Block, with a new postscript by the author.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: United States. Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Division -- Case studies.; Organized crime investigation -- United States -- Case studies.; Money laundering investigation -- United States -- Case studies.; Tax evasion -- United States -- Case studies.
Description: This is the story of organized crime's penetration of the islands and the corruption of its high officials during the time The Bahamas became politically independent of Great Britain. It describes secret U.S. Internal Revenue Service operations aimed at American criminals involved in Bahamian-based tax scams and similar crimes.

Block paints a devastating picture of a symbiotic relationship among off-shore tax havens in The Bahamas, sophisticated American criminals, and complacent public officials in the United States.

Block shows how important links in the international traffic in cocaine were forged in The Bahamas, in full view of American officials. Masters of Paradise, now available in paperback, raises major questions about American law enforcement officials' commitment to fighting complex international crime during the 1960s and the 1970s.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.