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The bizarre scheme to transform a remote island into the new Dubai
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What the document holds
Long-form history of the Comoros economic citizenship scheme: 2008 bill rejection, Kuwait trip, law signed, UAE $200m pledge for 4,000 Bidoon families ($25m budget / $175m infrastructure), AfDB $33.6m and IMF $45.6m revenue estimates for 2012, 2015 court award USD 16m and asset seizure. World Bank fiscal-balance figures and CGH company figures (USD 100m raised, project floor areas) are out of scope.
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Numbers (7)
- CBI inflowsLimit: 200 million (currency not stated)2009 · The Guardian 2015Budget targetComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- CBI inflowsCategory: State budget25 million (currency not stated)2009 · The Guardian 2015Budget targetComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- CBI inflowsCategory: Infrastructure175 million (currency not stated)2009 · The Guardian 2015Budget targetComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- CBI revenue to governmentRecorded by: Afdb33.6 million (currency not stated)2012 · The Guardian 2015Reported by othersComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- CBI revenue to governmentRecorded by: Imf45.6 million (currency not stated)2012 · The Guardian 2015Reported by othersComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- Court award relating to CBI moneyUSD 16 million2015-04 · The Guardian 2015Reported by othersComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- People identified as eligible for an investor residence scheme4,000 households2009 · The Guardian 2015ClaimComoros · Economic citizenship programme
Timeline (7)
- State orders seizure of Comoro Gulf Holding assets (reported)May 2015LegalComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- Moroni court rules Comoro Gulf Holding owes the state USD 16m (reported)Apr 2015LegalComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- President announces UAE payment for documenting Bidoon families (reported)2009ContextComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- Comoros signs a law to sell economic citizenship27 Nov 2008LaunchComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- MPs flown to Kuwait on a trip organised by the scheme's promoter (reported)8 Oct 2008ContextComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- Comoros parliament rejects a bill to sell citizenshipJul 2008Rule changeComoros · Economic citizenship programme
- Contract on UAE-Comoros citizenship exchange signed (reported)Apr 2008ContextComoros · Economic citizenship programme
About the document
What it covers How the 2008 law was passed; UAE $200m pledge; AfDB and IMF revenue estimates for 2012; April 2015 court ruling against Comoro Gulf Holding
Notes Long-form investigative feature.
Source id com-guardian-2015 · accessed 10 Oct 2026