UK will not impose direct rule on British Virgin Islands, Truss says

UK foreign secretary decided to give territory two years to implement reforms to tackle corruption

Direct rule will not be imposed on the British Virgin Islands (BVI) after the UK foreign secretary decided to give the territory's emergency administration two years to implement reforms to tackle endemic corruption.

Last month the BVI's premier, Andrew Fahie, faced charges of money laundering and conspiring to import cocaine after he was arrested in a sting operation by US agents posing as Mexican drug traffickers in Miami. He denies the charges.