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The Centrale Bank van Aruba published the 11th annual Financial Sector Supervision Report, providing an overview of the island’s financial performance and the most significant developments in the regulatory landscape.

The Centrale Bank van Aruba outlines the island’s financial supervisory and regulatory developments for 2021 and its financial performance for that year.

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Important Facts

  • The U.S. State Department labels Aruba as a major money laundering jurisdiction. Aruba is an autonomous entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and has sovereignty on most internal matters. However, it does defer to the Netherlands in matters of defense and foreign policy. Even though Aruba is not considered a regional financial center, its location makes the country a transshipment point for drugs and gold from South America to the United States and Europe, and the transshipment of currency in the opposite direction. In Aruba, money laundering is primarily related to proceeds from illegal narcotics trafficked by criminal organizations and occurs through gold transfers, real estate purchases, and international tax shelters. Some Venezuelans who invest in real estate in Aruba are suspected of using black money. Banks, life insurance companies and insurance brokers, money transfer companies, investment companies and brokers, factoring and leasing companies, trust and company service providers, car dealers, casinos, lawyers, civil notaries, accountants, tax advisors, realtors, and dealers in precious metals, stones and other high-value objects are subject to know-your-customer requirements. Aruba does not have a suspicious transaction reporting system.
Source: 2021 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)

Rankings

FATF i | 2013 Methodology

Technical Effectiveness
Compliant : 18 High : 0
Largely Compliant : 15 Substantial : 6
Partially Compliant : 7 Moderate : 6
Non-Compliant : 0 Low : 0

BASEL i

Rank : 58/141
Score : 5.34/10

TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL i

Rank : N/A
Score : N/A

Tax Justice Network i

Rank : 112/133
Score : 73/100