While Vanuatu informed the Commission that, based on its case law, it is possible to revoke citizenship where it was obtained fraudulently or illegally, it has not provided information on actual cases in which citizenship acquired through its investor citizenship schemes was revoked. Furthermore, Vanuatu has not implemented any structural ex post monitoring mechanism to address the potential security loopholes of the more than 10000 passports issued before the amendment of its Citizenship Act and the introduction of the allegedly more robust screening procedure. In February 2023, Vanuatu established a commission of inquiry tasked with investigating any alleged wrongdoings committed during the operation of the investor citizenship schemes since their establishment. In April 2024, Vanuatu informed the Commission that that investigation was still ongoing and that it could not provide a certain date by which the Commission of Inquiry will deliver its findings.
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