In this episode of Caribbean Tea we dissect a high-profile indictment in the United States has thrown Guyana’s gold trade — and its political establishment — into the global spotlight. We unpack the U.S. indictment against Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed and explore the deeper questions of jurisdiction, sovereignty, and precedent it raises.
Using Pasquantino v. United States (2005) — a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision — as a lens, the hosts examine how American courts have historically treated cases involving foreign sovereign interests, and why Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s famous dissent may echo loudly in this case.
Could the Mohamed indictment set a dangerous precedent for small nations rich in natural resources?
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