On January 9, 2017, it was with great excitement that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force launched its highly-anticipated Accreditation and Training Project at the Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre (REDTRAC) in Jamaica. The startup of this Project marks the beginning of the delivery of standardized training, which is targeting the financial analysts and financial investigators of the Region’s Financial Intelligence and Financial Investigations Units.

On Monday June 13, 2016, the Executive Director of the CFATF signed the Grant Contract for the European Union Project thereby effectively commencing the execution period of the Training and accreditation programme. The ‘implementation period’ however, once the initial pre-financing payment is received during the month of July, 2016, as anticipated, begins on August 1, 2016 and ends on July 31, 2019.