Bahamas Information Service, Nassau, August 21, 2015 -- Senator the Honourable Allyson Maynard Gibson today led the Bahamian Delegation to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) meeting in Miami, Florida.

The meeting was held in the context of the Fourth Round of Mutual Evaluations of task force members’ implementation and enforcement of global Anti Money Laundering and Combatting the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) systems. The Bahamas will undergo its Fourth Round Mutual Evaluation in the Fourth Quarter of this year.

Through participation in the CFATF, The Bahamas, as well as working for the strength of the Regional Financial systems, actively participates in evaluating the international financial system’s capacity to prevent of global corruption and international terrorism.