Aruba Flight

In the past, capital flight often has been confusingly associated with money laundering since many of the same methods to transfer funds are used in both instances. False invoicing schemes involving the export of oil, precious metals, raw materials and alcohol, and other fictitious trade transactions have been used to facilitate capital flight and tax evasion, as well as to launder criminal proceeds. ...

The USCS training seminars are designed to be flexible so as to be useful to policy makers, law enforcement personnel, and management officials of financial institutions by providing the necessary skills to recognize and combat money laundering. These training programs address trends and current developments concerning international banking and money laundering, focusing on issues relating to transnational money laundering. They cover the use of free trade zones, offshore banking practices, international money flows, bulk-cash and electronic funds transfers, and capital flight. The courses cover investigative and prosecution techniques and approaches, bilateral assistance and cooperation in international cases, and roles of banking and currency control regulations and regulatory enforcement authorities in transnational money laundering cases. ... [Read More]

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRS FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY LAUNDERING11995 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTOVERVIEWThere were a number of significant accomplishments in the world of money laundering in 1994, and a number of new and/or intensified concerns. Accomplishments and concerns are summarized here and explained in detailed sections below.Accomplishments. Several financial center governments, such as Singapore and Panama, have adopted broad, new anti-money laundering policies and/or laws, and a number of governments were in the final stages of presenting/adopting new legislation.The Financial Action Task Force completed the evaluations of each of its 26 member governments, all conducted by outside experts and all culminating in recommendations for changes and improvements which will be monitored through continuing examinations be ... [Read More]

International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORTMARCH 1995BUREAU FOR INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AFFAIRSTHE CARIBBEAN 157Bahamas 159 Cuba 165 Dominican Republic 168 Guyana 173 Haiti 176 Jamaica 180 Netherlands Antilles and Aruba 185 Suriname 187 Trinidad and Tobago 189 Eastern Caribbean 192 Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Dominica Grenada St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the GrenadinesFrench Caribbean 199 UK Dependent Territories in the Caribbean 200 Anguilla, Montserrat, British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Turks and ... [Read More]

G) The Caribbean

Agreements and Treaties. In 2001, the GODR again granted a four-year extension of overflight authority to the USG for rapid response in counternarcotics and alien smuggling operations. This temporary extension of overflight authority was in lieu of an agreement to expand a 1995 U.S.-GODR bilateral maritime agreement to include overflight and order-to-land authority. In 1984, the United States and the DR entered into an agreement on international narcotics control cooperation. The United States and the DR exchanged instruments of ratification of the Treaty for the Return of Stolen or Embezzled Vehicles in August. Attempts to implement the treaty have been hampered by organizational weaknesses within the Dominican bureaucracy. The DR has signed but not ratified the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants, and the Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing o ... [Read More]

The Caribbean

Total Arrests4,6154,0291,6761,4813,1663,3992,9685,6354,748 [Read More]

Netherlands, The

c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or PunishmentThe Constitution prohibits such practices, and there were no reports that government officials employed them. There were sporadic incidents of rightwing and racist violence against religious and ethnic minorities (see Sections 2.c. and 5). Prison conditions in the country generally met international standards. Male and female prisoners were held separately. In addition, juvenile prisoners were held separately from adults and pretrial detainees were held separately from convicted criminals. The Government permitted visits by independent human rights monitors, but no such visits were known to have taken place during the year. In 2001 the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) urged the Governments of the ... [Read More]

The Caribbean

Drug Flow/Transit. Much of the cocaine entering Suriname is dropped by small aircraft on clandestine airstrips or “drop zones” located throughout the dense jungle interior where the lack of resources, infrastructure, law enforcement personnel and equipment makes detection and interdiction difficult. Following drug drops along interior roads and clandestine airstrips, the drugs are shipped to the ports from the interior via numerous river routes to the sea and overland for onward shipment to Caribbean islands, Europe and the U.S. Drugs exit Suriname via commercial air flights (by drug couriers or secreted in planes) and by commercial sea cargo. European-produced MDMA is transported via four weekly flights from the Netherlands to Suriname; drug couriers then transport the drugs to the U.S. on flights to Miami, via Curacao. ... [Read More]

G) The Caribbean

Agreements and Treaties. The GODR began negotiations to grant permanent overflight authority to the USG for rapid response in counternarcotics and alien smuggling operations. The current four-year extension of overflight authority was in lieu of an agreement to expand a 1995 U.S.-DR bilateral maritime agreement to include overflight and order-to-land authority. The United States has proposed a Maritime Migration Law Enforcement Agreement and a Search and Rescue Agreement. In 1985, the United States and the DR entered into an agreement on international narcotics control cooperation. The DR has signed but not ratified the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, and the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants. The DR also was an active participant in negotiations that recently concluded a Caribbean regional maritime counternarcotics agreement. The GODR is a party to the Inter-American Convention Ag ... [Read More]

The Caribbean

The BahamasI. Summary Because of its geographic location, The Bahamas continues to be utilized as a major transit country for cocaine and marijuana bound for the U.S. from South America and the Caribbean. The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (GCOB) cooperates closely with the United States Government (USG) to stop the flow of illegal drugs through its territory, to target Bahamian drug trafficking organizations, and to reduce the domestic demand for drugs within the Bahamian population. An important bilateral milestone was achieved in June 2004 with the signing of a Comprehensive Maritime Agreement to provide law enforcement officers a ... [Read More]

US Department Of State Post Report

For those interested in flying, a small flying club offers small plane rentals and flight instruction but the rates are high. ...

Travel to Curacao is by air. American Airlines is currently the only American Flag Carrier flying to Curacao, however, United Airlines has a code-share arrangement with ALM and these flights may also be used for official travel. ... [Read More]