I hope none of these guys are Members

[alloy]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/06/30/4210461/cuba-prosecutors-seek-15-years.html

[Smallclub]

Members of what?

[alloy]

Members of FOH.

[Ryan]

Doing business as a foreigner in Cuba is a risky undertaking. Brave people take it on. I've heard so many horror stories.

'Unauthorised payments' seem to go with the territory. There seems to be a tipping point of level of investment waited for until the rules are suddenly applied and arrests and seizures occur.

I have in laws who live and do business in Botswana and Zimbabwe. They live there prepared to lose everything tomorrow, everything accessible to the government. Family, lifestyle and return currently outweigh the risk. The difference is those countries have at least a notion of a post-colonial separate judiciary. Also, Zimbabwe and Botswana can be escaped by road, if it ever came to it.

[mk05]

Hello Mr. alloy...I'd say it is certainly difficult to tackle the issue of accuracy. In my limited knowledge about communist states, this appears as an example of corruption. From how the article reads, Cuba could be "interpreting" financial items such as depreciation and amortization to misappropriate funds back to cuba. I mean, the Tax Administration (Cuban government) commanded the prosecutor to order the court to charge the defendant with $91m of restitution back to Cuba? How convenient.

However, it very well could be the case that the Canadians were shady businessmen, and that Cuba should be celebrated for standing up for what is right. Nevertheless, the article also mentions that it is common business practice to "offer gifts" to government officials, so a little bit of Catch 22 there.

[alloy]

Thanks Ryan and mk05. I saw the article on yahoo and was just wondering. I appreciate your insight. Thank you again.