Sint Maarten - counter-currents in the Caribbean

A tiny Leeward island jurisdiction, population under 45,000, Sint Maarten is working to limit its exposure to criminal money but after a dozen follow-up reports to its most recent mutual evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, it still faces immense challenges, finds Keith Nuthall in this report from the capital, Philipsburg.

A tiny Leeward island jurisdiction, population under 45,000, Sint Maarten is working to limit its exposure to criminal money but after a dozen follow-up reports to its most recent mutual evaluation by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force, it still faces immense challenges, finds Keith Nuthall in this report from the capital, Philipsburg.