“We are agreed that based on the present stage of our investigations, it would not be prudent to comment on same at this time,” he added. We are thus collaborating to connect all the dots and file the relevant process at court if appropriate,” Williams said in the emailed response attributed to the FID’s legal services unit and financial investigators. “The mere fact of a criminal conviction may not be enough to lead to successful forfeiture of the asset(s). Garth Williams, brand communications specialist at the FID, noted that notwithstanding a conviction in a foreign court, any process filed in the Jamaican civil court has to lead specific, cogent evidence to convince the court that assets being targeted were derived from criminal conduct. The FID acknowledged, in response to questions from The Sunday Gleaner, that it was probing Flippa Mafia’s finances, but declined to indicate whether it was aware of the $22-million apartment or any other assets. Under Jamaica’s Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA), properties and other assets derived from a “criminal lifestyle” can be forfeited to the State.ĭrug trafficking is among the offences listed in the legislation for which the State, through the Financial Investigations Division (FID), can seek to forfeit those assets.Īngelita Davis has not been accused of any crime. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. ‘Flippa Mafia’ is five years into a 25-year prison sentence in the state of New Jersey, in the United States (US), for his involvement in an international drug trafficking ring which American law-enforcement authorities believe was operated from various locations in Jamaica, New Jersey and California. Every now and then she come mek sure say it clean up and that everything good,” a source at the complex disclosed, referring to a female believed to be the entertainer’s sister. The apartment is nestled inside a gated community located on Norbrook Road and is jointly owned by the once flamboyant dancehall artiste, whose given name is Andrew Davis, and his sister, Angelita Davis, according to state property records obtained by The Sunday Gleaner.

Two high-end multimillion-dollar Porsche sports utility vehicles the dancehall artiste boasted of owning have since vanished without a trace, law-enforcement sources revealed. Jamaican entertainer-turned-drug dealer ‘Flippa Mafia’ remains joint owner of a $22-million apartment in the upscale neighbourhood of Norbrook, St Andrew, amid a search by local authorities looking to seize assets linked to him.

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