The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) is an organization of states and territories of the

Caribbean Basin In Geography, the Caribbean Basin is generally defined as the area running from Florida westward along the Gulf coast, then south along the Mexican coast through Central America and then eastward across the northern coast of South America. This ...

that have agreed to implement common counter-measures against money laundering. CFATF has associate status within the

Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering The Financial Action Task Force (on Money Laundering) (FATF), also known by its French name, ''Groupe d'action financière'' (GAFI), is an intergovernmental organisation founded in 1989 on the initiative of the G7 to develop policies to combat mo ...

(FATF).

History

The CFATF was established as the result of two key meetings convened in Aruba in and

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

."Caribbean Financial Action Task Force against Money Laundering (CFATF)"
EAG. In Aruba in 1990 representatives of Caribbean and Central American countries developed a general approach to the problem of the laundering of criminal proceeds and made 19 recommendations.
, CFATF at The Policy Laundering Project. A meeting of ministers held in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1992, resulted in the Kingston Declaration, endorsing the commitment of the member states to implementing the recommendations and coordinating the implementation through establishment of the CFATF Secretariat. MembersMember Countries
CFATF. 28 June 2012. of CFATF are:

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Caribbean Financial Action Task Force
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