[MH] Underground Fights in a Tourist Resort in the Caribbean?

[Icelander]

Originally Posted by Celjabba

If land-based, I would argue for a continental location, certainly less private, but so much easier to smuggle peoples in. A small private island is much easier to secure, but sneaking "potential victims" in multiple times may prove to be a challenge.

The location has to be within or at least very close to the Bermuda 'lozenge', i.e. the main Vile Vortex that is the focus of my campaign (see thread on Vile Vortices and Supernatural Threats).

Originally Posted by Celjabba

I would suggest a small(er) luxury cruise ship moving around the Caribbean.
Google Caribbean’s Small-Ship Cruise Lines for ideas.
Of course, it would be subject to far more attention from various TLA, especially drug-related agencies.
But the privacy and ease of relocation may trump that concern.
The fight arenas themselves could be onboard, or land-based, rotating between locations at various port of calls.

Thinking about it, having the location of the fights move around seems less than ideal from an Occultism point of view. It limits the possibilities as to what might be behind this and prevents the accidental or deliberate creation of a Place of Power linked to the goings-on.

Originally Posted by Celjabba

Another possibility would be to hide behind a cockfighting setup. It is apparently legal in several places, but sufficiently "disturbing" that law enforcement probably wouldn't wonder why a company organize a discrete private event for rich elite late at night ...

I'm not opposed to the idea of cockfighting existing there as well, but I imagine that the underground fights would be presented as MMA matches, simply without all the necessary licensing. Bribing law enforcement to overlook violations of athletic licensing is probably significantly easier than to bribe them to overlook actual serious crimes and as long as no actual evidence exists of more serious crimes, there are hopefully jurisdictions in the Caribbean where law enforcement wouldn't dare interfere with the source of a lot of local jobs, not to mention their payoffs.