The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) is an organization of states and territories of the
Caribbean Basin that have agreed to implement common counter-measures against
money laundering. CFATF has associate status within the
Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF).
History
The CFATF was established as the result of two key meetings convened in
Aruba in and
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...
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["Caribbean Financial Action Task Force against Money Laundering (CFATF)"]
EAG. In Aruba in 1990 representatives of Caribbean and Central American countries developed a general approach to the problem of the laundering of criminal proceeds and made 19 recommendations.
, CFATF at The Policy Laundering Project.
A meeting of ministers held in
Kingston, Jamaica, in 1992, resulted in the Kingston Declaration, endorsing the commitment of the member states to implementing the recommendations and coordinating the implementation through establishment of the CFATF Secretariat.
Member states
Members of CFATF are:
Member Countries
CFATF. 28 June 2012.
See also
* Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering
* Correspondent account
* Digital renminbi
* FATF blacklist
* United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
References
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Financial regulation
Task forces
Financial crime prevention
Anti-money laundering organizations
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