Financial Crime Unit (FCU) - Cayman Islands

The Financial Crime Unit is part of the Royal Cayman Islands Police (RCIP) and is responsible for criminal investigations of all offences related to financial crime including financial crimes, money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The RCIP is a member of the AMLSG and the Joint Intelligence Unit. The FCU is responsible for identifying the proceeds from crime and drug trafficking with a view of obtaining restraint and confiscation orders to relieve the criminals of their ill-gotten gains and assisting colleagues and partners such as the Finance Action Task Force, Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, International Monetary Fund etc., in the fight with respect to Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT).

The work of the FCU is complemented by the Joint Intelligence Unit (JIU) which consists of officers from the RCIP, Customs and Immigration. The primary function of the JIU is to gather and disseminate intelligence to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies to facilitate criminal investigations. The various agencies appear to be adequately structured, funded and resourced to effectively carry out their functions.