Taking The Profit Out Of Crime In The Caribbean

The Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network for the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB) is a network of law enforcement and judicial practitioners in the field of asset tracing, freezing, seizure and confiscation. Each member state is represented by a law enforcement officer and a judicial expert (prosecutor, investigating judge, etc. depending on the legal system). [ Learn More ]

Repeat convict jailed again over multi-million-dollar fraud

Dave Rajeshwar Persaud, who was charged by the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), was again sentenced to four years of imprisonment on two counts [...]

SOCU granted judgement against Magistrate Clive Nurse

ON Thursday, Acting Chief Justice Navindra Singh granted judicial review relief in favour of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), quashing the decision of [...]

Ponzi Scheme agents jailed 4 years for money laundering

Ponzi Scheme agents Aubrey Norton and his wife Martina Seepersaud have been convicted of money laundering and sentenced to four years imprisonment. The sentencing [...]

IDB Hosts Specialized Training for ARIN-CARIB Membership

The Caribbean continued its effort to strengthen operational capacity to tackle transnational financial crime with the staging of a five-day training seminar in [...]

Summary from 11th Regional Asset Recovery Interagency Network (ARINs) Meeting

In May 2025, ARIN-CARIB, represented by Olivia Davis and Debra Whittington, joined colleagues from across the globe at Europol Headquarters in The Hague [...]

Diana O’Brien, Guyana

Diana O’Brien is the Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Georgetown, Guyana. She previously served as [...]

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What Do ARIN-CARIB Members Do?

IDENTIFY

ARIN-CARIB works to identify the proceeds of crime wherever they are located in the world. Criminals try to hide their illicit gains by bringing them across borders. By working together, law enforcement agencies identify these assets.

SECURE

When criminal assets are identified, ARIN-CARIB contact points will take steps to ensure that the assets are preserved and secured. ARIN-CARIB contact points may obtain a freezing order, take possession of the asset, or utilise another power available to it.

CONFISCATE

The final step is for the criminal asset to be confiscated and where legislation also allows for the sharing of assets following a final determination by a Court. The asset or the net proceeds from the disposal of the asset will then be transferred to the State or to a designated body.