Politics of Palau

Palau's third president, Lazarus Salii, committed suicide in August 1988 amid bribery allegations.

Salii's personal assistant had been imprisoned several months earlier after being convicted of firing shots into the home of the Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Opponents to the legislation voiced fears that the country would become a haven for money launderers and other sorts of criminal activity.

In December 1999, a group of major international banks banned U.S. dollar-denominated transactions involving Palau and the other Pacific island states of Vanuatu and Nauru.

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