1. Their main target is Chief Minister Mr Walker, who owned Jersey‘s only newspaper eight years ago when it declined to publish a damning report into child sex abuse in the British crown dependency, and is now accused – fairly or otherwise – of trying to sweep this latest scandal under the carpet. iven the untold damage it could cause to one of the world‘s wealthiest offshore enclaves – Jersey‘s income derives largely from finance houses and investors attracted by the island‘s discreet, respectable reputation as well as her generous tax laws – his reticence becomes perhaps more understandable.