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 ]

Susan Watson-Bonner, Jamaica

Susan Watson Bonner assumed the Presidency of ARIN-CARIB on January 2, 2019. She is an Attorney-At-Law, called to the Bar on November 16, 2006. [...]

New Tool To Fight Crime In The Caribbean Launched

The Organization of American States (OAS) says its General Secretariat has applauded Thursday’s launch of the Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network in the Caribbean (ARIN-CARIB). [...]

Lateisha A.R. Sandy, St. Vincent

LaTeisha A.R. Sandy is a Barrister and Solicitor. She joined the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) in June 2009 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.