In a world increasingly wary of passport-for-profit schemes, Botswana’s plan to introduce a citizenship-by-investment program is already drawing international backlash and ordinary citizens are paying the price.
At a time when global consensus is hardening against citizen by investment schemes, Botswana has made a perplexing pivot, embracing a model that many countries are abandoning under international pressure.
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