Photo: Ms. Gessie Herilien is presented with a certificate of participation by Mr. Jefferson Clarke, Law Enforcement Advisor of the CFATF Secretariat.
Today at the CFATF’s 60th Plenary in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, we marked a major milestone, the adoption and approval for publication of the Report on the Money Laundering Vulnerabilities in the Financial Arrangements of Non-Traditional DNFBPs in the Caribbean Region.
This landmark report is the product of 18 months of dedicated research and analysis by a CFATF Risk, Trends and Methods Group (CRTMG) project team, co-led by Ms. Gessie Herilien (Turks and Caicos Islands AML Supervision Department) and Mr. Patrick George (Dominica FIU).
Special recognition goes to the entire project team:
- Mrs. LaTeisha Sandy-Marks, Director, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines FIU
- Mr. Andrew Strachan, Compliance Commission of The Bahamas
- Mrs. Susan Watson-Bonner, Bank of Jamaica
- Ms. Rajni Boodhoo-Moore, Guyana Revenue Authority
- Ms. Te’davia Hector, Antigua and Barbuda’s ONDCP
Each member was presented with a certificate of appreciation for their invaluable contributions. The report will be officially published in June 2025 and will be an essential resource in understanding and mitigating emerging AML risks in the motor vehicle sales sector across the Caribbean.