| Date | Parties | Description | Outcome | Nb |
| Dorothy Bradley, Maria Rodriguez | Opposition and unaligned senators accused government of deliberately not preparing for the upcoming retirement of the Auditor General in order to undermine the Office. They blocked the temporary appointment of the Deputy Auditor General on 11 November. | – | |
| Andre Perez | Police discovered 1.045 pounds of suspected cocaine in a docked boat belonging to an MP on 27 September. Authorities cleared the MP of suspicion 'as the boat had been docked for repairs at a boatyard for over 6 months.' | – | |
| Omar Figueroa, Michel Chebat | UDP standard bearer for Cayo North challenged the registration of over 100 electors transferred by their PUP counterpart. The court struck 23 voters off the Cayo North roll, though stricken voters were appealing the decision by year's end. | – | |
| UB, Health Min | News broke on 8 August that government had changed the site of a planned $90 million hospital for the public university from their campus to a private property bought for $6.9 million from two Asian nationals allegedly connected to both majority parties. | – | |
| Moses Barrow, Michael Peyrefitte, Tracy Panton | A UDP faction petitioned twice to recall the party leader in late July. After the party chair refused to call a national convention, the faction held their own convention and 'recalled' the leader and 'elected' an interim leader. The faction then forcibly gained control of the party headquarters on 28 October. A civil suit and countersuit were pending as of year's end. | – | |
| Kevin Herrera | During a Senate session debating the extension of a crime-related state of emergency, a senator 'questioned whether we should consider more draconian measures like prolonged SOEs.' | – | |
| Central Prison | Reports emerged of a 13 year old, detained under a crime-related state of emergency, being held with adult inmates at Central Prison. He was transferred to a juvenile detention centre after public outcry, as was a 15 year old in similar circumstances. A court case was pending by year's end. | – | |
| Orson Elrington | Two Belize City women accused a prominent lawyer and UDP official of rape on 12 January. Elrington, who claimed the intercourse had been consensual, resigned from his party posts and was criminally charged in March 2024. The Legal Council found Elrington guilty of grave professional misconduct on 19 April. | Elrington resigned, charged in Mar 2024 | |
| Natl Teachers' Union | The Benque Viejo, Cayo branch of the National Teachers' Union faced backlash for opposing the holding of the annual Children's Rally on the same day as Guatemalan independence. The Rally was held as scheduled, though some schools and teachers did not participate. | – | |
| Kevin Cadle | A senior civil servant in the Youth Department resigned following allegations of academic fraud. | Cadle resigned in 2023 | |
| vars demonstrators | Opposition denied a demonstration permit in San Pedro, Belize. Demonstration held but interrupted by police. Denial and interruption criticised as breaches of constitutional right to assembly. | – | |
| PM, Moses Barrow | The Speaker disqualified a motion of no confidence against the PM by the Opposition Leader, whereupon Government revived a previous amendment to the Constitution Act 1981 regarding 'additional grounds' for the disqualification of MPs, seen by some as targetting Barrow. | Amendment not moved in 2023 | |
| Hugo Patt, Kerry Belisle, Wilbert Vallejos, Roosevelt Blades | Government sued the former Lands Minister, his chief executive, Lands Commissioner, and three private companies, alleging that just prior to the November 2020 elections, the companies paid $59,000 for lands which government had acquired for $6.5 million. | – | |
| Andre Perez | The Economy Minister was suspended from Cabinet after being accused of sexual harassment by a female lawyer. Perez accused the lawyer of extortion, claiming the relationship had been consensual. An investigation by the Attorney General's Ministry was pending by year's end. | Perez suspended, under investigation in 2023 | |
| Ricardo Borja, Resources Min | Upon the murder of a Belize City businessman, it was revealed he had recently given testimony regarding a land scam in Placencia, Stann Creek, allegedly involving multiple civil servants in the Natural Resources Ministry. The Ministry stated the matter was under review in 2023. | – | |
| Elections Commn, vars media | Elections & Boundaries Commission gagged media from disclosing contents of a recent redistricting report. Opposition criticised the gag order for muffling the free press. | – | |
| Erwin Contreras, Portico Enterprises Ltd | A Senate special select committee appointed on 10 July to investigate a contract for a cruise ship port in Belize City previously awarded to Portico Enterprises Ltd by former Economic Minister. Contract allegedly signed without Cabinet approval. | – | |
| Transport Bd, Serrano's, Cn Transit | The Transport Board revoked Serrano's permit to run a bus line in favour of newcomer, Central Transit, which was accused of being connected with someone in government. A lawsuit was pending by year's end. | – | |
| Anthony Martinez, Gilroy Usher | The former UDP MP for Port Loyola announced his intent to petition to recall the current PUP MP. | – | |
| Chester Williams, Moses Barrow, 7 News, News 5 | Commissioner of Police sued 7 News and News 5 for publishing a statement by Opposition Leader claiming he had issued a gun licence without proper due diligence. Both news stations complied with a demand to publicly apologise to Williams. | – | |
| Chester Williams | Reports surfaced of people buying gun licences from the Police Commissioner, and in one case deliberately misrepresenting background information. Parliament amended gun licensing legislation to entrust licences to a three-member board in 2023, though it had not been constituted by year's end. | Licensing reformed in 2023 | |
| Home Min, DPP | Home Minister appointed a special prosecutor to a murder case from which DPP had recused herself and her office. Appointment criticised by some members of Bar Association and Opposition as unconsitutional. | – | |
| Rodwell Ferguson, Marconi Leal, Adele Catzim-Sanchez | A new chief executive was named for the Transport Ministry after an apparent falling out between the Minister and the former chief executive. | – | |
| Bar Assn | A bill regarding NGOs was tabled and read in Parliament, despite significant concern from NGOs and the Bar Association. Government stated the bill was required to comply with international obligations. Parliament passed the Non-Profit Organisations Act 2023. | Act passed in 2023 | |
| St Luke Sch, Mario Bustillos | Thirty-one students and seven adults in Belize City were rushed to Karl Heusner after unknowingly consuming snacks and gummies laced with cannabis on 25 April. It was later revealed that the snacks and gummies had been posted from overseas to a suspended police officer, and disposed of by a Police Department exhibit keeper, who was later charged with harm by negligence. | Bustillos charged in 2023 | |
| Ruth Shoman, Jorge Mejia | President of the National Teachers' Union, elected 13 April, resigned on 1 September after 'a sustained challenge by some union members about her past.' Jorge Mejia assumed the office ad interim. | Shoman resigned in Sep 2023 | |
| Virgilio Murillo, JP Assn | Central Prison governor reported that visiting justices had not resumed their prison visits since September 2022, and that the Association of Justices of the Peace had not yet designated visiting JPs. | – | |
| Eamon Courtenay | When Senate approved ratification of the Escazu Agreement on 10 February, the Foreign Minister stated ratification would be delayed until Costa Rica made their position clear. The delay was condemned by various NGOs, leading to ratification on 27 February. | Agreement ratified | |
| Foreign Min | The Foreign Ministry announced on 2 February that they had agreed to resettle a Guantanamo prisoner, 42 year old Majid Khan of Pakistan. | – | |
| Michael Espat | A minister of state made controversial remarks regarding Maya residents of Toledo, deeming their land rights movement 'bad for the country' and calling for a 'sledgehammer' to break it down. The 'use of any racist language and fearmongering' condemned by government. | – | |
| John Saldivar, Moses Barrow | The Opposition Leader called for charges to be brought against former MP and current UDP standard bearer for Belmopan for alleged private use of a Coast Guard vessel. No charges had been filed by year's end. | – | |
| Ramon Cervantes | A Foreign Affairs minister of state was reassigned to the Ministry of Sustainable Development, though the PM denied allegations that the shuffle was due to questionable behaviour. | – | |
| – | Parliament passed the Defamation Act 2022 without consultation with media, who opposed it, noting it would 'directly affect the way they gather, compile, and present news.' | – | |
| Dean Barrow | Finance Ministry documents were leaked that detailed payments made to law firms connected to former PM and his family in 2011–2020. Barrow conceded there were instances of 'extreme exigent circumstances' when government turned to his law firm. | – | |
| vars campaigners | There was widespread use of government resources, such as vehicles and personnel, for campaign purposes during village council elections. | – | |
| vars Toledoans | Residents of the Maya-majority Indian Creek, Toledo protested the use of their football field for the landing of a helicopter during a royal visit. They complained they had not been consulted and were threatened with arrest if they disrupted the visit. | Itinerary changed | |
| vars Toledoans, Fauna & Flora Intl | Residents of the Maya-majority Indian Creek, Toledo protested the sale of 12,871 acres of land they deemed communal to Fauna & Flora Intl. Also, those of the Garifuna-majority Barranco, Toledo protested logging permits issued to outsiders without their consultation nor consent, and in preference to villagers themselves. | – | |
| Henry Usher | Cabinet assigned a religious affairs portfolio to a minister, who stated he wished to 'merge the public service with the Christian fundamentals and principles upon which the country is based.' Various NGOs raised concerns. | – | |
| Marco Vidal, four policemen | Four subordinates of the Asst Commissioner of Police were involved in drug airplane landings. | Vidal resigned in May 2022 | |
| Rene Montero | BPD issued wanted notice on 6 September for former Works Minister, under investigation for misuse of human resources and government property to develop private property in which Montero had a personal financial interest. | Montero surrendered in Jul 2022 | |
| Ramiro de la Rosa | Rosa was not afforded adequate time and facilities to prepare a defence prior to sentencing for possession of unlicensed firearm. When he pled guilty to the offence, he was immediately sentenced to prison, contrary to standard practice. | – | |
| PM, Lionel Arzu | PM refused to renew the outgoing Ombudsman's term, and refused to appoint a new one, leading to a 22-month vacancy in the Office. | New Ombudsman appointed in Feb 2023 | |
| Narda Garcia, Alex Sanker | Permanent secretary of the PM's Office threatened a well-known painter with a civil suit for a painting depicting her at the SSB during a period when funds were mismanaged. | – | |
| Dean Barrow, Luke Martinez | The work of a Commission of Inquiry, appointed in February to investigate the sale of government assets between October 2019 and November 2020, was suspended after the PSU commissioner recused himself in protest of the continued sale of public assets by the new administration. | Inquiry resumed on 16 Aug 2021 | |
| Marvin Manzanero, Deysi Mendez | Director of Health, who had been recovering from COVID-19, returned to find his post occupied and was offered a demotion. When Manzanero refused, the Ministry's permanent secretary informed him he was suspended while under investigation for misconduct. | – | |
| Ian Jones, Dean Flowers, vars civil servants | Reports abounded of government employees who were unfairly terminated from central government and municipal posts when the new government administration came into power, notably including the Sports Director. PSU president said the terminations were for 'political reasons.' | – | |
| Nestor Vasquez | The CEO of state-owned BTL was embroiled in a corruption and embezzlement scandal for transferring company properties to his personal holdings and charging more than $800,000 to his corporate credit card for personal uses. | Vasquez removed in 2020 | |
| Deshawn Arzu-Torres | The outgoing chair of the Integrity Commission was reappointed to another two-year term. Despite objections by the Opposition and most non-party Senators, Parliament confirmed the appointment. | – | |
| John Saldivar, Lev Dermen | Court documents revealed that the National Security Minister had received large sums of money from a US citizen in return for political favours. | Saldivar resigned in Feb 2020 | |
| Herman Longsworth | An audit of the National Sports Council revealed a number of financial infractions, one of which directly involved the Consul General in New York. The Auditor General reported Longsworth may have illegally used official influence in support of a scheme from which he benefitted. | Longsworth fired in Jan 2020 | |
| John Briceno, UDP, Dean Barrow, Michael Peyrefitte | During a New Year's address, the Opposition Leader claimed 'the endless landings of drug planes around the country directly tied to ranking members of the .' The AG demanded a public apology after Briceno failed to disclose evidence for his claim. The PM called the claim 'foolishness' and baseless. | – | |
| Date | Parties | Description | Outcome | Nb |
| Reynaldo Verde | Deputy Director of the Tax Service was detained overseas for extortion and attempted extortion of a foreign investor in Belize. The investor alleged Verde had requested $350,000 in 2017 to erase taxes the investor owed. | – | |
| Police Commr | The Commissioner of Police instituted a curfew for minors in July in Belize City in response to rising numbers allegedly involved with gangs. The curfew was extended countrywide in September, despite criticism from human rights activists. | – | |
| Dean Barrow | A law firm for the PM informed media that they might face legal action if they broadcast a court document wherein a foreign government agency alleged the firm and PM had knowledge of a land scam involving foreign investors. Opposition criticised the letter, with Senator Osmany Salas calling it 'an attempt to restrain freedom of press.' | – | |
| David Chi, Norman Anthony | A police superintendent and police corporal were criminally charged with conspiracy to land an airplane on an unauthorised aerodrome and abetment to import cocaine into the country for a 9 September drug plane landing. | Chi and Anthony freed from charges by 2022 | |
| many detainees | Government imposed a 30-day state of emergency in two Belize City neighbourhoods on 4 September, implemented by police officers and soldiers. Early detainees were not charged within seven days of detention, as required by law. HRC expressed 'grave concern' with how the SOE was imposed. | – | |
| BTL, Kremandala Ltd | The state-owned telecom provider stopped advertising with all outlets of 'one of the most popular media conglomerates in the country'. BTL claimed this was a general cut on all advertising, but did not reduce advertising with other media firms. Kremandala Ltd media, owned by family of a prominent Opposition member, were known to be critical of the government. | – | |
| PUP | Town council election results for San Pedro, Belize were challenged in court by the PUP, but the case was dismissed in 2018 for lack of sufficient evidence to invalidate the results. | – | |
| Anthony Martinez | Development Minister was accused by a former employee of setting up a scheme to profit from public funds. The employee alleged Martinez asked for his help in misappropriating funds for low-income housing. Martinez denied the accusations, and despite calls from Opposition, government did not investigate. | – | |
| Bar Assn, Kenneth Benjamin | The Bar Association publicly insisted that the Chief Justice deliver judgments on 30 outstanding civil cases from 2012–2015 by year's end or tender his resignation. | CJ fully complied | |
| Integrity Commn, 10s MPs, PM, LO | Eleven Opposition members filed financial disclosure statements, and called for Government MPs to follow suit, despite the Integrity Commission's dormancy since 2014. After public demonstrations urging good governance measures, the PM and Opposition Leader reconstituted the Commission on 30 November. | – | |
| Gaspar Vega, Andre Vega, Sharon Pitts | Press revealed an alleged lands hustle involving the former Deputy PM. According to leaked documents, during his tenure at the Lands & Surveys Department, G Vega issued titles to privately owned lands to close friends and family for well below market value, thereby forcing the Department to compensate them at market value for the 'mistake.' In a notable 2014 instance involving his son and lawyer, the Department paid compensation valued at $400,000. | Ruled unlawful; appealed in 2020 | |
| Immigration Dept, vars govt ministers | Three special reports by the Auditor General revealed a pattern of improper and illegal issuances of Belizean visas, passports, and citizenship in 2011–2013 by the Immigration & Nationality Department, and named at least twelve former and sitting government ministers as allegedly 'interfering' with such issuances. A Senate select committee held hearings in 2017, and submitted their report and recommendations in 2020. By October 2020 no charges had been filed against anyone. | – | |
| Julius Espat, Michael Peyrefitte | An MP was ordered by the Speaker to vacate the chambers during a session for 'disregarding the rules of conduct in Parliament.' When Espat refused, he was forcibly removed by police officers and suspended for five months. Police also forcibly removed press from the gallery, 'with the obvious intention of preventing them from capturing footage of them manhandling Espat' per Amandala. | Ruled unconsitutional in Aug 2021 | |
| Myrtle Palacio, Guardian | PUP Secretary General sued the UDP paper The Guardian for depicting her practicing and endorsing witchcraft in a cartoon. Palacio argued it was an attack on her reputation and Garifuna culture. | Ruled against Palacio in 2016 | |
| – | Government, via statutory instrument, prohibited access to Sarstoon for 30 days to ease border tensions with Guatemala. The SI's constitutionality was widely questioned. | Lifted four days early | |
| PM, Treasury, two employees | The PM announced $500,000 was missing from the Treasury. A joint investigation by police and the Finance Ministry led to the arrest and charging of two government employees. | – | |
| one person | Two NGOs protested the appointment of an individual to an immigration committee charged with reviewing applications for temporary stays in the country. The NGOs cited the member's lack of cooperation with the Auditor General's investigation into immigration scandals in 2013. | – | |
| Health Min | The Auditor General uncovered the mismanagement of hundreds of thousands of dollars of government funds by Ministry of Health officials. One official was dismissed, another transferred, and two others suspended pending PSC hearings. | – | |
| Catholic Ch, vars NGOs | The Catholic Church barred all its schools from cooperating with various NGOs engaged in HIV prevention work, citing their 'agenda of sodomy, abortion, and sexual-gender redefinition' which sought to 'radically change Belize's Christian character.' | – | |
| Lands Dept | Lands & Surveys Department documents were leaked that indicated questionable lands transactions. Press reported numerous instances of Department employees cancelling leases without due notice and fraudulently transferring titles without consent. The PM and Lands Commissioner 'criticised pervasive corruption' in the Department. The Department was further accused of illegally distributing lands to political party associates, but government 'insisted it maintained transparency in the distribution of land.' | – | |
| KHMH | The Pharmacy Association protested against the hiring of a minister’s daughter as a drug inspector at the public Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital. | – | |
| Aviation Auth, Edmond Castro | The Aviation Authority was publicly accused of handing money to the Aviation Minister for his personal use. The PM and BAA declined to officially label this as corruption. Castro was stripped of his portfolio, and all BAA board members resigned. | BAA board resigned in 2014; Castro ousted in 2014 | |
| Edmond Castro | An MP was publicly named by a whistleblower as being involved in the sale of Belizean visas. Castro sued them and the broadcaster, but dropped the suit in July 2015. | – | |
| Elvin Penner | An investigation uncovered allegations that a minister of state had illegally assisted a foreigner to obtain citizenship and receive a Belizean passport. Penner was ousted from Cabinet in September 2013, and charged with two immigration offences in March 2014. Charges were dropped in July 2014 for lack of evidence. | Penner ousted in Sep 2013, charged in Mar 2014 | |
| Pub Accts Comm | Two Opposition members boycotted the bipartisan Public Accounts Committee, alleging Government members were 'improperly handling the issue.' | – | |
| Women's Commn | The Women's Commission added sexual orientation as a protected status to their Gender Policy, launched in May. Marches against this portion of the Policy were held throughout the country, often with hundreds participating. The PM and Special Envoy for Women & Children separately gave public remarks in support of 'equal rights for all.' | – | |
| KHMH | The public Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital was accused of gross negligence when 13 babies died while in their NICU. Five families settled with the hospital in September 2014. | – | |
| Mark King | A minister of state was suspended without pay from Cabinet for three months after allegedly punching a police officer and brawling in public while intoxicated. Authorities cleared King of the charges in June 2013. | King suspended | |
| – | Government imposed a moratorium on naturalisations of Guatemalan citizens, in response to complaints that dual citizenship for Guatemalans was constitutionally barred. | – | |
| – | Government designated five Belize City neighbourhoods as crime ridden per the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act. Police searched more than 200 persons before the searches were approved and gazetted as required by law. | – | |
| Immigration Dept | A fugitive obtained a valid passport using the birth certificate of a deceased child. The Immigration & Nationality Department closed their Belize City office and suspended the issuance of emergency passports pending an investigation. | – | |
| Belize CitCo | Authorities fired a Belize City Council employee amid allegations that she fraudulently misappropriated council funds by issuing false overtime payments, excess salary, and salary adjustments to employees who did not receive any such monies. | Employee fired in Mar 2012 | |
| PUP, UDP | Parliamentary election results for four constituencies were challenged in court by the PUP and UDP. Results were upheld in court in all four cases. | – | |
| – | Parliament passed an amendment to the Crime Control and Criminal Justice Act allowing for unlimited areas to be designated as crime ridden. The original and amended Act gave law enforcement expanded powers to execute searches in and restrict movement in and into areas so designated. | – | |
| Denis Hanomansingh | Press reported on 21 December that a Supreme Court Justice ruled that a 36 year old man accused of carnal knowledge of a 14 year old girl had to marry his alleged victim to receive bail. | – | |
| KHMH | A Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital memo leaked to press on 22 December alleged corrupt hiring and procurement practices at the hospital. | – | |
| PM, Ombuds | The PM did not appoint a new Ombudsman when the Office vacated, leading to a 13-month vacancy. | New Ombudsman appointed in Nov 2012, took office in Jan 2013 | |
| Magistrates' Ct | A San Pedro Magistrates' Court employee was arrested and charged with five counts of forgery. | Employee charged in 2011 | |
| – | Parliament passed an Act to require nonjury trials in criminal cases involving murder, attempted murder, abetment of murder, and conspiracy to commit murder charges. Legal practitioners and human rights activists publicly opposed the Act. | – | |
| Forest Dept | Several NGOs accused the Forest Department of ignoring or facilitating the illegal trade of rosewood. | – | |
| BEL | The national power provider is nationalised. | Compensation settled in 2016 | |
| – | Government tabled a bill in Parliament that would allow for preventive detention by law enforcement. It was withdrawn it after public opposition. | Bill withdrawn in 2011 | |
| – | Parliament passed the Interception of Communications Act 2010, allowing law enforcement to intercept voice, fax, and digital communications in the interest of 'national security, public order, public morals, and public safety.' Government called the measures 'necessary to the war on crime,' but the Opposition and other observers criticised them as being too broad in scope and subject to abuse. | – | |
| four policemen | Four police officers were arrested on drug charges. The jury were instructed to dismiss the case due to a lack of evidence in December 2012. | Case dismissed in Dec 2012 | |
| Immigration Dept | Six immigration officials were charged with offences relating to the transit of 33 Chinese nationals through the country in September and October 2010. A preliminary inquiry found there was insufficient evidence to proceed with prosecution in July 2011, though the case remained under investigation by year's end. | Six officers charged in Oct 2010 | |
| Belize CitCo | Three Belize City Council employees were detained for misappropriation of $60,000 during November 2009 to February 2010. An Audit Department investigation continued at year's end. Police reportedly recovered a portion of the funds. | – | |