Government · 1 min read · Published 30 Oct 2026 ·
Regional Workshop Focuses on Tracing Criminal Money
By the Luk It Hyah newsdesk · Sources · Reporting disclaimer
The Short
Law-enforcement officials from Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean joined a workshop on cross-border money-laundering investigations in Cumuto on Friday, TTT News reports. Sessions covered cryptocurrency, trade-based laundering and tracing criminal assets. Training aims are distinct from demonstrated case results.
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Officials who had previously completed International Law Enforcement Academy training in financial investigations and asset forfeiture met in Trinidad and Tobago on 30 October for a hybrid workshop, according to TTT News.
Sources: TTT News, 30 Oct, 3:40 p.m. Trinidad time ↗
The report says the US Embassy in Port of Spain, Homeland Security Investigations and Trinidad and Tobago’s Strategic Services Agency hosted the event at the National Security Training Academy in Cumuto, in coordination with the US Embassy in Bridgetown.
Sessions led by experts from the participating agencies, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, CARICOM IMPACS and the Financial Intelligence Unit covered cryptocurrency, trade-based money laundering and cross-border asset tracing, the station reports. Participants discussed applying the training to investigations.
Sources: TTT News, 30 Oct, 3:40 p.m. Trinidad time ↗
Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander said stronger investigative capabilities and cooperation could improve the response to money laundering, according to the report. Those are the stated aims of the workshop; the account does not establish a particular prosecution, recovered sum or measured reduction in crime resulting from it.
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