Jamaica Wins Inaugural CFATF Best Case Award

CFATF 55^th Plenary and Working Group Meetings

Photo: Best Case Trophy awarded to Jamaica at the CFATF’s 55^th Plenary and Working Group Meetings

Port of Spain, Trinidad, January 13, 2023 – The CFATF Risk Trends and Methods Group (CRTMG) meeting was held in the margins of the CFATF’s 55^th Plenary and Working Group Meetings held in the Cayman Islands (November 27^th – December 1^st, 2022).

This was the inaugural bestowing of such an award, by the CFATF, to a member jurisdiction that achieved success in demonstrating some of the characteristics of an effective AML/CFT system, as reflected by the winning case. The initiation of this award is intended to encourage CFATF members to showcase the successful operational efforts of their competent authorities through the contribution of cases to the CRTMG’s annual ML/TF typologies update. The twenty-four-member organisation used a voting procedure to decide which member jurisdiction presented the best case. 

Photo: Presentation of the Best-Case Trophy to Mr. Courtney Smith, Director of Legal Services Unit of the Jamaica Financial Investigations Division (FID) by the outgoing Chair of the CFATF, Ms. Cheryl-Ann Lister.

Photo: Wall plaque housed at the CFATF Secretariat displaying the yearly Best Case winner.