"This is a remarkably rewarding industry," Timothy Harris, the prime minister of St Kitts & Nevis, told the leaders of three similarly small island nations—Antigua, Dominica and Grenada-last month. Selling passports is indeed a boon to those four mini-states. Clients do well too: their documents give them visa-free entry to many countries, including Britain and the 26 European nations of the Schengen area. (In May, Grenada and Dominica joined the other two in enjoying Schengen access.) Apart from money, the islands don't ask much. You have to spend five days on Antigua; the others do not demand even that.
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