Dirty Money, Tax and Banking: Recent Developments Concerning Mutual Legal Assistance and Money Laundering in the Caribbean Region and the Region's Responses

The Caribbean has been the focus of a lot of attention over the last year with respect to money laundering. This paper will firstly examine the main international initiatives affecting money laundering in the Caribbean countries. In the second part of the paper there will be a review of the regional efforts that have been taken by Caribbean countries to address the problem of money laundering.