Speeches

CALP/CFATF Check Handover

Address by Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago Dr. Roy Austin
CALP/CFATF Check Handover, November 19, 2003, 2:00 P.M.
At the U.S. Resource Center

Mr. Brian Reynolds of the Caribbean Anti-Money Laundering Program (CALP); and Mr. Roger Hernandez of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF); and members of the press

--Good afternoon! I am pleased to be able to present to CALP a check for $680,000 USD, and a check to CFATF for $55,000 USD. These checks represent yearly donations by the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement. The U.S. Government recognizes that monetary gains from money–laundering, corruption and international financial crimes in general may fund terrorists, hamper economic development and lead to the moral degradation of peoples around the world. We are, therefore, happy to assist the efforts of CALP and CFATF to stamp out these illegal activities. Thank you.