ArubaThe Centrale Bank van Aruba outlines the island’s financial supervisory and regulatory developments for 2021 and its financial performance for that year.
The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force published a mutual evaluation report on Aruba’s anti-money laundering and counterterrorist financing framework, highlighting that the jurisdiction has achieved full compliance with respect to a number of international standards.
Caribbean Banks Found Workarounds After Losing Correspondent Accounts
At least nine Caribbean banks that have lost access to U.S. correspondent accounts as a result of the “de-risking” trend now access U.S. dollars indirectly, usually at higher costs, through their ties to U.K. and other overseas financial institutions, sources told ACAMS moneylaundering.com.
Guyana failed to approve AML legislation ahead of this week’s FATF plenary, Fiji is expanding the powers of its law enforcement by allowing phone tapping in order to boost its fight against money laundering, and more, in this week’s roundup.
Aruba’s AML Efforts Lack ‘Coherence,’ Says FATF
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| Technical | Effectiveness |
|---|---|
| Compliant : 18 | High : 0 |
| Largely Compliant : 15 | Substantial : 6 |
| Partially Compliant : 7 | Moderate : 6 |
| Non-Compliant : 0 | Low : 0 |
| Rank : 58/141 |
| Score : 5.34/10 |
| Rank : N/A |
| Score : N/A |
| Rank : 112/133 |
| Score : 73/100 |