Coral view

Coral view just outside Victoria.

At left the "Long Island" a selfproviding prison island just outside maincity "Victoria" at Mahé. It's a scary country.

Residents of neighbouring Islands have been complaining that inmates occasionally break out from the prison located on a scenic island not just to attend parties, but also to commit crimes.

The new crime wave is said to be threatening tourism which is the mainstay of the island's economy.

4 Seychelles Plotters Sentenced to Hang
Published: July 7, 1982
Four foreign mercenaries were sentenced today to death by hanging and another was sentenced to 20 years in jail for their role in a bungled attempt to topple the Seychelles' socialist Government.

Do you want to know more about this islands look out for "Stealing a Nation", the Pilger film broadcast on ITV in 2004, first exposed the scandal. Out of Eden, an edited extract from John Pilger's new book Freedom Next Time, was published in the Guardian earlier this year.