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Anguilla’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Launches New Website to Combat Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing

Horace A. Edwards, the Head of Anguilla’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), warmly welcomes visitors to the newly launched FIU website. This platform aims to serve as a comprehensive hub for information related to Anguilla’s commitment to anti-money laundering (AML) and countering terrorist financing (CTF) initiatives.

Embracing International Standards and Guidelines

Edwards reaffirms Anguilla’s dedication to ensuring full compliance with international AML and CTF standards, recommendations, and guidelines. He highlights the significance of these measures for Anguilla’s financial system and institutions:

  • Foster transparency
  • Enable strong action against illicit financial activities
  • Protect Anguilla’s financial system from financial crimes

Up-to-Date Information from Relevant Global Agencies

Users of the FIU website can expect to find updates from prominent global agencies, including:

  • Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
  • Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF)
  • UK’s Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI)

Reporting entities and financial institutions are encouraged to regularly check the website for the latest AML and CTF-related information.

FIU’s Role and Vision

The Financial Intelligence Unit plays a dual role as an intelligence analysis agency and an investigative body for serious financial crimes with links to money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing. Its vision is to:

  1. Detect and combat financial crimes in Anguilla
  2. Support other jurisdictions in their efforts

Efficient inter-agency cooperation is vital for achieving these objectives.

Providing Information beyond Intelligence

The FIU goes beyond merely receiving intelligence and acts as an invaluable information resource for reporting entities regarding emerging and new financial crime trends. This commitment to transparency and accessibility is reflected in the FIU’s online presence – the new website.

Discover the FIU Website and Stay Engaged

Browse the FIU website and share your questions, comments, or concerns. Together, we can strengthen Anguilla’s defense against money laundering, terrorist financing, and financial crimes.