On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, William Knowles wrote:
I belive you are thinking of Vince Cate's operation in Anguilla
Poke around his personal web page and you will find yourself calling your travel agent for the next plan down. Offshore.com is the closest site you are going to come to that will have Sterling's 'Islands in the Net' coming to mind very quickly. There is other links to offshore business, corporations, lawyers, Everything you need to break free from doing business in whatever country you are in now.
Another bank offered a diplomatic passport and its related diplomatic pouches (off limits for US and other goverments) for a minimum investment. This was in the Seychilles Islands.
Seychelles, One of the few places where communism works. Offers a wonderful service if you can afford it, For 1 million U.S.D. You can stay in the Seychelles without worry of being extradited to another country, i.e. if you were the poor bastard that nearly crushed Barring's Bank in the U.K. and you invested here, well the govt would protect you from the authorites in that country (Singapore)
The Seychelles does have an Internet connection but I have yet to find the providers contact e-mail address. Some enterprising hacker might want to look into this further for offering Net service to future residents of the Seychelles.
The offshore domain you mention would be the one. He does warn that it is a financial data haven, and not a criminal data haven, as you can still be prosecuted under their local laws for such activities. The Seychilles Islands is also correct. I found the article, and it is as you suggest. Diplomatic rights start at $10 Million investment level. se7en