Dominica is among 21 Caribbean countries named by the US in a wider global list of Major Money Laundering Countries of 2016.
The US State Department this week released the list in its 2017 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report on Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
According to the report, a major money laundering country is defined by statute as one “whose financial institutions engage in currency transactions involving significant amounts of proceeds from international narcotics trafficking”.
Dominica’s appearance, in the US State Department’s 2016 list of major money laundering countries, is a major departure from the report for the year 2015 in which Dominica was not listed as a country of concern.
Also included on the 2016 list are Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba and Curacao. The other Caribbean countries on the list are the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Martin, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
The State Department report states that due to Dominica’s geographical location between the French territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, the country is used as a transshipment point for narcotics and other criminal activities. It says for the past few years, money laundering cases involved fraudulent investment schemes, advance fee fraud schemes, credit card fraud schemes and the placement of euros from criminal activities into the financial system from the neighboring French territories of Marie Galante, Les Saintes, Guadeloupe, and Martinique.
The report goes on to state that Dominica has achieved technical compliance with international Anti Money Laundering (AML) standards. It says AML legislation enacted in 2014 “clearly sets out provisions with which relevant entities are bound to comply” and, “there are offenses and penalties created for non-compliance.” However, the US State Department is unsure of the country’s ability to maintain statistics on matters relevant to the effectiveness and efficiency of its AML regime and in its report, reveals that Dominica has not started the process of monitoring agents licensed to incorporate International Business Companies or Corporations (IBC’s).
The report also identifies Dominica’s Citizenship By Investment Program (CIP) as having “vulnerabilities that present AML and regional security risks and that may make it susceptible to abuse by criminal actors.” (It also characterizes Antigua’s CIP as being “the most lax” in the world.”)
According to the US State Department, law enforcement officials continue to harness all available resources to curtail the illegal drug trade despite the “great challenge” of the porous borders which they face in effectively policing the various coastlines for drugs and smuggling of goods such as firearms and cash. .
Currently Dominica is not subject to any U.S. or international sanctions, the US report on Dominica’s money laundering status concludes.
Basically the US is trying to get their hands on the Caribbean banking system. They pissed because the EC dollar hasn’t been devalued and the quality of life is improving for Caribbean people. that so called list has every island in the Caribbean. also its a fact that the US is the biggest money launderer in the world supported by the worlds largest consumption of illegal drugs!
Really… so what about Cayman Islands and Swedish banks & Panama.. where it known globally that those those countries make their living out of laundering money for American firms, private citizens, Europeans and world government officials.
nonsensical propaganda to keep the country backward, because there are people that don’t like to see the development in the country when they not getting the big piece of profits.
read this link belo:
http://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aaadcd82d2a009c91af77749d&id=026f282ed2&e=13d51a943e
it definitely rubbishes this type of reporting by DNO…..
The US sure is one to talk about that…
THEY ARE THE BIGGEST MONEY LAUNDERS WORLDWIDE!!!!
So yes, that is how they know about our problems (besides the political factors). Takes one to know one.
what kind of bad reporting is that read the article it lists every country on the planet on that list and it simply says a breakdonw of the kind of laundering that is done in that country.
DNO you need to make sure when u report you report things arcurately
What about the fifties and hundred dollar bills? All i see is the single one dollar notes.
When one reads the analyses for the CARIBBEAN countries, .…ALL of the comments appear very loose, even cross-talk in parts… allegations against ALMOST ALL our Caribbean islands…
If the allegations of money laundering are EVIDENCE-BASED , why doesn’t the US FORWARD IT TO SOME APPROPRIATE organization (in Dominica or outside ) for ACTION ?? My own simple analysis is the “Report” represents “state dept bureaucrats TRYING to prove that they’re doing work by WARNING their bosses of “possible” occurrences – rather than the US ”investigators’/report writers categorically and honestly saying “we have no proof of the money laundering allegations but there is a good chance that it is happening…
(BTW, Antigua has provided a very detailed response with CATEGORICAL denials of the allegations/statements in the US Report…)
The US is trying to throw our attention away from the fact that they have it worse…
Dats why I don’t take dno serious always some dumb articles..Dat can’t be followed up by any other madia
So all other country make list and the big U.S of A not on it? Sah moh ka tan lah nor!
DOMINICANS CALM DOWN! you are safe under this present Government. You cannot beat an eye witness. America is the police for the world and not for Dominica. IF US wants to help give Da more advance equipment’s to detect early law breakers at various outlets. You people are so easily mislead.Use your common sense for a change and relax.
With so many other Caribbean countries listed, something seems to be up! Just as the US has been blaming other regions and territories, they have started a campaign against its neighbours in the Caribbean. We need to watch out, America is not our friend.
DNO, you could not wait to publish your garbage bags on a Sunday? Anything that will tarnish the Government. But wait 90% of WI are also mentioned. The US should not tarnish the small islands since they are the major consumers and suppliers.
Nothing new here, that’s the whole Caribbean on the list, Trinidad, B’dos, Lucia, all OECS…. Heard that before. The U.S has the most money laundering any way. Still may be Fake news.
You are so right….2008 while working for a Global Financial Company one of the questions on our compliance exams was to “name the #1 country on the list for Money laundering”, Got that one wrong . Answer was “Dominica”
No! wrong again you must have failed. In 2008 the answer was ” Bahamas”
https://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2016/vol2/253369.htm
check your information out on the above link. What a scare, don’t do that to Dominicans DNO.. monitored is the key word here like every other country listed under the same category. Don’t mismatch information.
Very poor F-gradehttp:/
For all you blind loyalists demonstrating idiotic allegiance to an inept inexperienced Prime Minister created the most corrupt Labour government on Dominica, read the article where for the first Dominica`s name is recorded as a money laundering island. Now the whole world has us under a microscope, thanks to your blind loyalty to this forever corrupt Labour regime head by an inept Skerrit killing our country moreseo into more deeper poverty. Dominica’s name I stained.
“Dominica’s appearance, in the US State Department’s 2016 list of major money laundering countries, is a major departure from the report for the year 2015 in which Dominica was not listed as a country of concern.
You in the US praising and condoning Skerrit’s Bobol government, please read well and understand what it means. Where do you all stand, for decency in government or to continue do praise for this blind, corrupt political bat. What is not condoned in USA you`ll support in poor Dominica by this Corrupt…
More deeper?
Are you not shame of your lack of understanding ? you lack comprehension, which is clearly visible by your comment.
Supporters of the DLP government must stop wearing their ignorance as a Badge of Honor. About 2 weeks ago the DLP and their operatives were holding high in the sky the 2015 a International Narcotics Control Strategy Report because Dominica name wasn’t even listed. Flip the script 2 weeks Dominica name is listed they are now attacking the U.S. the truth is Dominica is in serious problems. Just last week the IMF gave us a bleak economic report.
Dominicans time to put country before party (Daddy Chess, 2017). Thus government is taking us down a precipice. We need to stand for our country. Just that you all know I am a very strong supporter of the DLP but alas enough is enough our country is tarnished all over the world.
The article is not rubbish; the US declaration is rubbish. The article states that Dominica accepts the standards against money-laundering (definition: failing to preserve information that the government has not yet asked for!) but cannot demonstrate proper paperwork! Compare the plight of American taxpayers spending hours to prove to the taxman that we have acceptable health insurance!
The West indies cricket team needs a good spinner, why don’t you apply for the job. Thank you Jesus, neither Lennox Linton or Thomson Fontaine wrote this report.
How can they publish that? The US is no saint ,neither is any other country in the world.
No surprise. Hypocrisy and arrogance have long been the cornerstones of U.S. foreign policy.
Exactly the report is a joke.
Nooo! Really? Awah not Dominica . Lol
THIS IS HUGH!!!!
Hugh who?
Sir Hugh Rawlings come back from the dead to warn us? I wouldn’t be surprised!
The illegal rogues posing as government were baited with a report of countries involved in drug money laundering in which Dominica was not mentioned and they started celebrating! Now I want to hear them as they are being caught now with this latest report!
Tony had a premature ejaculation of words last week.The US authorities must have heard Him boasting.I wonder what spin He will come up with now “Lennox Linton is the cause no doubt LOL
********!! This article is pure ****. Entire Caribbean has basically been labelled as major money launderers. Persons who take this article seriously are twice as psycho as the ones who wrote it. Right about now everything that the US spits out is questionable and unsubstantiated.
…and everything Simeon Albert and chorts spits out is the truth? May almighty God help us.
all caribbean islands were listed and worst of all in alphabetical other
My issue with this article is: It should read The NEO -DLP ruling party is amongst the among major money laundering countries of 2016 and highlight the major players like the Sr Counsels/clowns the former DCP worker working for a Sr. counsel’s sister the resident ambassadors etc. There are so many crooks amongst us buttering their Bank accts
lol uwp again all u trying eh next time try to make it look like something this i read had no substance.
WHAT UWP HAS TO DO WITH THAT? PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT BELONG
CBi is officially dead.
Now back to handouts from the chinks!
This means nothing, Uwpee propaganda, what really wrong wit dem man?
Are you able to read and understand the article? It is from the US State Department not the UWP.
Stop getting other people to read for you and you might begin to understand a bit better.
The mere fact this is considered news is uwp tactics at work.
Pure rubbish !! Also shame on DNO for publishing an article like that without at least doing some intensive research. You acting like is Dominica ALONE that was listed. All DNO is ready to do is give news for gossip and row row to start. PURE GHETTO !! Thats why no matter which party that comes into power WE DOMINICANS are never satisfied and WE will find a problem with any other replacement. Thats such a shame. Is that all we can do ? Big educated people like you guys post these articles like the whole of Dominica have stupid people. As far as i can see that is what you are referring to us as for posting an article like that. Look a non supporter of the present government says that that article is utter rubbish…….so what does that say ? Shame on us Dominicans for trying to bring our own country to its knees with this kind of RUBBISH and thanks to DNO for assisting to do so. I say again…..SHAME !!
The king pin of money laundering is missing from that list of countries. That is the United States of America #1 in money laundering. America always try to find fault in other countries and label itself as blameless. Yet America is #1 in all wrong doing on this planet. Just like Jesus Christ said, ( a house against itself will not stand, a city against itself will not stand. I hope on day america will see its discrimination towards its own people is a crime also.
I read what the US report had to say about almost all of the 21 Caribbean islands, especially the English speaking islands and to my surprise here is what I saw about Dominica that I did not see about any of the others: “Currently Dominica is not subject to any U.S. or international sanctions.” I really wonder why, especially with emphasis on the word ‘CURRENTLY’. Are they suggesting that things will soon change?
This report reminds me of the letters of Revelation 3, to the seven churches. Although they were all rebuked in one way or the other, The Laodicean church was rebuked the hardest since there was nothing to commend them for Re. 3:14-22. I believe that’s exactly where Skerrit has taken Dominica and the US is trying to call us out. Here is versse 17 “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the…
Hurray! I would have been very disappointed had our name not appear on the list, it means that we are obviously improving. They are saying we are fighting it but, because of secret outlets, is hard for us to combat. They are also saying we must maintain more security on hidden outlets as well as fishing vessels. The US gave us Crime watch ,now we need tracking devises on all motors. We are the BIG APPLE of the Caribbean.
Money laundering in the U.S. is probably just or even more pervasive as well. The hypocrisy and double standards that western developed countries exhibit with regards to this issue is just mind-boggling. Here is
a link to a CBS 60-Minutes story on money laundering in the U.S. that was first broadcast on January 31, 2016:
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/anonymous-inc-60-minutes-steve-kroft-investigation/
It speaks “volumes”!
“The report also identifies Dominica’s Citizenship By Investment Program (CIP) as having “vulnerabilities that present AML and regional security risks and that may make it susceptible to abuse by criminal actors.”
To me this report suggests that they are slowly coming to us. This to me is a serious indictment against Dominica and no doubt as soon as Trump gets some breathing room, Dominica will be taken care of.
Though the report makes mention of our CBI program and the danger it poses to AML regional security risks and the way it may be abused by “criminal actors,” bear in mind that it does not even deal with the real serious issue of who helped who evade oil sanction against ‘I ran’, while the fugitive found a hiding place in Dominica, under the umbrella and security of those that should be helping fight this kind of things. It does not even deal with those 11 oil tankers carrying a Dominican flag to help deceive the world with one of the ships involved still under arrest
what about trinidad usvi vincy lucia
What about Dominica where you live……come on wake up, clean up your backyard.
Lets say more short, by USA opinion all Carib – big money loundery, all muslims – terrorist and so on. But they dont care about loundery they just care about its own unpayed tax and some money they dont control. They created current monetary and banking system with rules and offshore banking and now complane on it
But but dno recently you posted something different which story is correct
I think this is US rubbish propaganda. I actually think its a Caribbean wide smear campaign. the same US imposes all sorts of costly requirements on our banking sector and for the most part we have done them. then they impose even more and we do them. don’t believe? check FATCA and CFATCA. then they still come out with the same reports year after year? no sir. this is fishy. so much so that we are not ever sanctioned by them? this report is pure BS and citizens regardless of political affiliation should see it as such. what the US doesn’t tell you is that it is still among the largest money laundering and THE largest tax haven country in the world.
It was just a matter of time. Which country in the world operates like ours other than the dictatorial ones around the world? i am not one bit surprise
Skerrit Must Go!
This article is pure rubbish. None of the Caribbean islands can compare with the level of illegal activities, corruption and under the table deals as the US Virgin islands and yet they were not included on that list. That’s pure propaganda. The US Virgin Islands are the worst when it comes to illegal activities no wonder the great Mr Adam Sanford was about to relocate his operation to St.Croix.
Whether the article is rubbish or true, Dominicans are not the only ones reading it. Bad for dominica
Not our fault we between Gwada and Martinique.
Is France fault, U can conquer the two biggest islands but cannot take Dominica. STUPES
Explain then how comes to this day we still speak a French creole, a lot of our family names and place names are French and we are still largely catholic?
Hello and good morning my people. Well America there you go again and blame us for all the crimes you are committing in the Middle East and Africa. Please tell us how you were able to get six billion dollars into Ukraine to overthrow an elected government so stop blaming Caribbean people for your crimes. America you must learn to look into a mirrow and reflect because what you will see is all the destruction you are causing all over the world. You blame Russia, China ,Iran and now you blaming the whole Caribbean for your problems or is it that you are a dying Empire who has no clothing. By the way someone just got kill on East 21st Street and Caton Ave in Brooklyn , are you blaming us for that too.
Dominica was named along with another 165 countries, yet you are saying it was named among the major money laundering countries of the world. How many countries were left out? That’s a useless document.
I see a bad moon arising ……looks like we are in for nasty weather.
This is propaganda. The US is involved in plenty of drug traffiking worldwide. DA is just a transition point. Now if the dumb people would stop taking the drugs, then there would be no traffiking because there would be no money in it.
Well better they say basically all the Caribbean countries stupes.
Sooo what !!! daddy skirooo got our back we narw scareèeed..wait and see you people taking this for a joke.
Article vs Report ……
Seriously DNO you guys ar misleading. i di ots
Dominicanz twete they name st.lucia all other islands but like is we alone in it..anyway the big country neva care they say w are burden for themb.so if we try sumtin to survive they vex
u behaving like a powerful woman of satan…. you love corruption and satan love it to so he can control` you
But wait! How many reports America having for a year non. I am confused. Just the other day they said Dominica was not on the list, so how comes it there now.
All caribbean countries in addition to UK and Canada is added to the list. The list accuses accuses some countries as being corrupt and some like Saint Maarten as having weak Government but not Dominica. It highlights that Dominica has the necessary legislation in place for money laundering and drug trafficking as well as highlighting enforcement. The countries aren’t ranked on the list but place in alphabetical order. Admin you also missed out a few carribbevn countries named. The CPI in Antigua it said is the most lax in the world.
Now Tony blame!r, Linton for putting DA on the money laundering list
This article is the work of the UWP and its dirty soldiers .Go way with you all BS.God bless d Dominica.
No Surprise…Dominica is in a terrible state of affairs…Money laundering has been going on forr years.Its just worse now.
“Currently Dominica is not subject to any U.S. or international sanctions”. I know it’s just a matter of time just let Trump get a wind of this and we will see action. This info will eventually reach his desk. Dominicans please take warning this is extremely dangerous as we are being out in harm’s way.
Don’t worry. Trump will just think we’re the Dominican Republic. Like everyone else.
Skerrit the resident ambassadors, Sr. Counsel’s siter friend formerly of DCP like the opposition leader ( He should know who it is the agent working 4 Sr.Counsel’s sister who in turn works 4 sr. Counsel.
This corruption is so deep. Just look at guys like El Chapo and earlier Noreiga, etc they controlled Police commissoners ,jail guards, judges etc. Customs agents etc.When one controls such groups who can stop thedrug flow? in our case drugs like passports.
As my dearly departed mother would say, is dat!
You are ignorant!
This article is rubbish… i am a supporter of the uwp but this article cannot be substantiated……it virtually lists all the countries of the caribbean!!
Virtually all the countries of the caribbean? I did not see St Lucia, St Vincent, St Kitts, Trinidada and Tobago
“Also included on the 2016 list are Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cuba and Curacao. The other Caribbean countries on the list are the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Martin, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.”
Fifth paragraph, dumbrain!
Wether you support DLP, or UWP, the comment you wrote is a stupid one, the fact is Dominica is rank very high on the list, although the nations a ranked alphabetically. You are ignorant, and by the way who are you, with no name not to believe.
Making matters worst they found that there are Dominicans who are involved in this crooked scheme of money laundering, are also involved in fraudulent investments overseas. You do not even know how to write a proper sentence, you call a well written article rubbish!
There is also another fool who claim that Dominica is not subject to US sanctions!
I wonder where people like you come from, why are your kind so dumb! Why don’t you people research the issue before you run your stupid mouth off making a jackass of yourself. Every nation on earth is subjected to any sanction, As long any country violates international rules that country can be sanctioned; so you do not know squat what you talking about, you all a dumb!
It looks as if the whole world has a problem with the US and I don’t blame them…
The smartest man alive. Calling everybody dumb and stupid. U giving God competition.
Francisco I don’t think that anyone should refer to you as a jackass because the world can acknowledge this for itself. First of all Dominica is ranked at number 10 because Dominica starts with a D the forth letter in the alphabet. That doesn’t mean that it is worst or better than any other country as it relates to money laundering and drug trafficking. You would realize that Dominica isn’t referred to as being corrupt or having a weak government as some other countries. Don’t you know that the US is among the three countries with the highest money laundering activities? You must grow up and understand what you read before trying to insult people but yourself.
Wa Papa, if you were not a bloody jackass, you would not have dip your stupid dirty mouth into my business, if you not a jackass who proved you are you would have known the meaning of the word “alphabetically.” So, who the world now know as a dirt donkey, I am riding everyday; who do not understand what you read!
You are a fool, damn dunce!
“Dominica is rank very high on the list, although the nations a ranked alphabetically. You are ignorant, and by the way who are you, with no name not to believe.”(Francisco Etienne-Dods Telemaque).
go and read the source article idiot
Most of the article is ambiguous… there are multiple Caribbean countries on the list, it does not actually mean we are an ideal haven for money laundering. However, we need to keep our processes transparent to avoid further demise.
So Hmmmmm I do agree with you that the article is rubbish
Smart!!..that’s the difference between thinking independently and folowing blindly…
It lists all of the Caribbean countries for a reason, namely they are all as bad as each other in this regard. The whole region has a reputation for it, with individual nations either better or worse than others. And ordinary people are the ones who suffer, not the crooks. Try using a Dominica address or bank account to register for overseas services; more often than not these days, we are rejected. The minority – corrupt business people, politicians, criminals – they ruin everything for the majority. We need an effective, independent fraud and money laundering team to work with hand-in-hand other countries and international organisations so that we can combat this and improve the way we are both perceived and treated, so that ordinary, hard-working and honest Dominican folk can go about their business.
Boss you are no supporter of uwp and neither should this report take partisan sided. Forget about other Caribbean countries that are listed and concentrate on our country that is mentioned of being involved in major money laundering, through narcotics and yes, the secret sale of Passport. You should also be concerned that the report also stated that DOMINICA (not the other islands), got help from friendly countries to help combat the narcotics trade but up to now our government has done nothing to implement it, and I must add will do nothing to fight drug trafficking as long as this corrupt DLP under the leadership of a very corrupt Skerrit remains in power. The last part says Dominica is currently under no sanction but that too will soon change. I just wish the US gives us a chance to get rid of Skerrit and his corrupt team before putting sanction on us
why do we make fools of ourselves? Please read the report with an open mind and you will understand what it is saying. Dominica isn’t among the major money laundering countries because the US isn’t on the list.
come on we are not stupid you are know supporter of uwp. Do you think we are that stupid.
Your narrow unintelligent opinion doesn’t matter when it comes to international law.Take a chill pill and calm down.Dominica has been warned
you are not a supporter of the uwp. doe try dat.
Boy stop use uwp to spread ur lies
Just take a close look around you. See those young guys with how many vehicles; who building house and ask yourself “where is that money coming from?”
I have not read the whole report but just think that it mentions that the source of money laundering is from narcotics. I don’t think that this is a coincidence.
You are no doggone supporter..You are a DLP idiot.Most likely a groveller.
Well if you are a UWP supporter it appears that you are in the wrong camp. The insults and name calling by fellow supporters for expressing your opinion. With friends like that you don’t need enemies.