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Trinidad and Tobago Continues its Asset Recovery Drive: Cash Forfeited to the State!!
On Monday 21st February, 2022, Her Worship, Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle sitting in the Port of Spain 8th Magistrates Court, (via virtual hearing) ordered the sum of $334,743.00TTD and $600.00USD be forfeited to [...]
Anti-Corruption Cases in the Dutch Territories
About the Caribbean Part of the Dutch Kingdom The Caribbean part of the Dutch Kingdom comprises the countries Aruba, Curacao, Sint Maarten and the islands Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba. All of the [...]
Cayman Islands: US businessman pleads guilty in US$140 million gold smuggling case
A Florida businessman has pleaded guilty to submitting false customs documents that disguised the true origin of gold in a US$140 million international smuggling operation involving the Cayman Islands. Jesus Gabriel Rodriguez, Jr. admitted in [...]
Saint Lucia : Former SLTB Employee Convicted For Money Laundering
Former Saint Lucia Tourist Board (SLTB) employee Donovan Lorde has been convicted on twelve counts of Money Laundering, as disclosed by the Financial Intelligence Authority of St. Lucia. The Authority revealed that the June 14th, [...]
The ARIN-CARIB Annual General Meeting Outcomes
Subset of ARINCARIB Contact Points at the 2021 AGM The 2021 Annual General Meeting of ARIN-CARIB, held virtually on December 8th and 9th, 2021 was the first since 2019 due to [...]
St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ FIU Tackles Fraudulent Schemes with Advisories & New legislation
The Financial Intelligence Unit of St. Vincent and the Grenadines have adopted a proactive strategy in tackling serious crimes specifically relating to fraudulent and pyramid schemes and scams. The Financial Intelligence Unit in [...]
RSS ARU Heads of Financial Intelligence Units Meeting
Participants at the RSS ARU Heads of FIU 2021 On November 2nd and 9th, 2021, the Regional Security System Asset Recovery Unit (RSS ARU) hosted its annual meeting of Heads of [...]
Trinidad and Tobago FIB is Hitting Drug Offenders Where it Hurts-Their Pockets!!!
The Financial Investigations Branch (FIB) of Trinidad and Tobago is at it again. Having successfully forfeited TTD $119,500.00 on 12/11/2021, the FIB on 16/11/2021 successfully forfeited the sum of TTD $41,207.00 from convicted drug [...]
Trinidad and Tobago’s Financial Investigations Branch Celebrates Successful Cash Forfeiture
Director of Financial Investigations Branch- Snr. Superintendent Wendell Lucas Four years after $119, 500.00 TTD was seized from Gang Leader Sheron Sukhdeo at Bocas Avenue, Lange Park Chaguanas during a crime [...]
The Supervisory Authority (ONDCP) Wins Appeal at the Privy Council
St. John’s, Antigua – 8TH June 2020. The Privy Council today dismissed the appeal of Ahmed Williams challenging the constitutionality of the civil forfeiture regime under the Money Laundering (Prevention) Act and the civil forfeiture order [...]
Trinidad and Tobago Pastor charged with Money Laundering
A Chaguanas pastor who reportedly attempted to exchange over $28 million in cotton hundred dollar bills for the new polymer bills in 2019, was granted bail in the sum of $10 million when he [...]
Message from the Desk of the Presidency
Good day Colleagues, As you may be aware, the current Presidency of ARIN-CARIB resides in Trinidad and Tobago. The representatives are Joan Honore-Paul, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions and Acting Superintendent of Police, Wendell Lucas, [...]
Trinidad and Tobago currently holds the Presidency for ARIN-CARIB
The Presidency of the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network for the Caribbean rotates annually among member states. In 2018, the Presidency was held by St. Vincent and the Grenadines and by Jamaica in 2019. Currently [...]
Joan Honore-Paul, Trinidad & Tobago
Ms. Joan-Honore Paul is an Attorney-at-Law of thirty years’ experience who currently holds the position of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in Trinidad and Tobago. She has been a member of the International Association [...]
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IDB Hosts Specialized Training for ARIN-CARIB Membership
The Caribbean continued its effort to strengthen operational capacity to tackle transnational financial crime with the [...]
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 [...]
2023 Annual General Meeting of the ARIN-CARIB network
The 2023 Annual General Meeting of the ARIN-CARIB network, hosted by the Cayman Islands Presidency, [...]
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