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Attorney-General Trevor Moniz aims to modernise Bermuda’s dated bribery and fraud laws when the House of Assembly resumes in November. Mr Moniz attended a conference from September 20-22 in the Turks and Caicos Islands alongside his counterparts fro...

Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs Trevor Moniz has issued an advisory about the risks arising from inadequate systems and controls to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The Financial Action Task Force and the Caribbean Fina...

A claim by Shawn Crockwell that the One Bermuda Alliance Government targeted his business was “incorrect”, according to Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General. Mr Moniz categorically denied that he ordered his former Cabinet colleague not to pursue any c...

Legislation establishing a new kind of liquor licence specifically for tourism events has been passed by the House of Assembly. The new Liquor Licence Amendment Act 2016 also increases the fees payable for other kinds of liquor licences with the exce...

Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General, has told MPs that legislation modelled on the international bribery law has been sent to the Governor and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Bermuda’s policy seeks to extend Britain’s convention against corruptio...

A major overhaul of Bermuda’s laws on bribery, corruption and fraud has been unveiled by Attorney-General Trevor Moniz. Mr Moniz told the House of Assembly that new legislation would be introduced to bring the island’s legislative framework governing...

A delegation led by Michael Dunkley left Bermuda last night bound for the Azores to sign a formal memorandum of understanding between the two governments and to strengthen cultural and historical ties. The Premier, Trevor Moniz, the Attorney-General;...

A breakaway group of immigration reform protesters marched from Sessions House to the office of Attorney-General Trevor Moniz yesterday afternoon, in an effort to confront him about the “Pathways to Status” initiative. The 30-strong group set off at...

The implementation of parts of a package of legal reforms has been delayed to allow the judiciary, police and prosecutors more time to prepare for the new rules. Most of the Criminal Jurisdiction and Procedure Act 2015 and the Disclosure and Criminal...

Bermuda’s pilot mental health courts have shown great success — but the Government should follow through and have it enshrined in law within the next year. That is the hope of Jodi Lewis of the Bermuda Mental Health Foundation (BMHF), which advocates...

An Act has gone before legislators allowing the Bermuda Government to retain half of criminal proceeds seized by overseas jurisdictions. The Proceeds Of Crime (Asset Retention) Amendment Act 2015 would allow 50 per cent, or such amounts as the minist...

The Bar Council has reiterated its position that some proposed criminal legislation reforms “are a cause for concern”. It comes after Attorney General Moniz told the House of Assembly that he had been repeatedly told by immediate past president Justi...