The Guyana-registered vessel from which over US$11 million of gold was spectacularly carted off by thieves last November in Curaçao, remains docked on the island and the crew is now in witness protection because of their testimony in a case that may ensnare senior officials.
The gold that was stolen is believed to have come from Guyana, but local authorities say they have not been able to verify this. Moreover, local authorities have not established contact with the Guyanese crew of the MV Summer Bliss who would have been able to give a ‘chapter and verse’ account of the shipment and its seizure by masked men on November 30, 2012.
Stabroek News was told by a source on the Dutch island that several of the crewmen continue to live on the island and that police could not give information about them because of the sensitivity of the case and the fact they were crucial to the
