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Sanctions:
Following the military takeover in 2006, the EU put into place
certain restrictive measures. These relate mainly to development
aid. For further information, please visit the following link: -
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/10/st06/st06984.en10.
pdf
Australia and New Zealand have imposed autonomous sanctions
relating to travel bans against members of the ruling party and an
arms embargo. For further information, please visit the following
links: -
http://www.dfat.gov.au/un/unsc_sanctions/fiji.html
http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/programmes/c-fiji.html
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Offshore Jurisdiction Blacklists:
Information unavailable.
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US State Department Money Laundering Report - 2011:
Fiji is a small country with a population of less than 1 million. It is
not a regional financial center but suffers from a relatively high
level of crime. The country’s geographical location makes it a
convenient potential staging post for Australia and New Zealand.
This has been demonstrated by some significant drug related
cases and a noted increase in the number of human smuggling
cases. Cross-border crime gangs involving individuals from
neighboring Asian countries are operating within Fiji.
DO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ENGAGE IN CURRENCY
TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKING THAT INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF US
CURRENCY; CURRENCY DERIVED FROM ILLEGAL SALES IN
THE U.S.; OR THAT OTHERWISE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE
U.S.: NO
CRIMINALIZATION OF MONEY LAUNDERING:
“All serious crimes” approach or “list” approach to predicate
crimes: All serious crimes
Legal persons covered: criminally: YES civilly: YES
CRIMINALIZATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING:
Ability to freeze terrorist assets without delay: YES
UN lists of designated terrorists or terrorist entities distributed to
financial institutions: YES
KNOW-YOUR-CUSTOMER RULES:
Covered entities: Banks, foreign exchange dealers, money
remittance service providers, law firms, real estate agencies,
accountants
Enhanced due diligence procedures for PEPs: Foreign: YES
Domestic: YES
SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:
Covered entities: Banks, foreign exchange dealers, money
remittance service providers, law firms, real estate agencies,
accountants
Number of STRs received and time frame: 629 in 2010
Number of CTRs received and time frame: 133,487 in 2010
MONEY LAUNDERING CRIMINAL
PROSECUTIONS/CONVICTIONS:
Prosecutions: Not available
Convictions: Not available
Assets forfeited: criminally: Not available civilly: Not available
RECORDS EXCHANGE MECHANISM:
With U.S.: YES
With other governments/jurisdictions: YES
Fiji is a member of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering
(APG), a Financial Action Task Force-style regional body. Its most
recent mutual evaluation report can be found here: http://www.
apgml.org/documents/docs/17/Fiji%20DAR%20Final.pdf
ENFORCEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND
COMMENTS:
The financial intelligence unit does not have budgetary
independence. Fiji should continue to implement anti-money
laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures that adhere
to international standards.
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US State Dept Narcotics Report 2011 (introduction):
No report available
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US State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
(introduction):
FIJI (Tier 2)
Fiji is a source country for children subjected to sex trafficking
within the country, and a destination country for foreign men and
women subjected to forced labor and forced prostitution. Family
members, other Fijian citizens, foreign tourists, and sailors on
foreign fishing vessels participate in the prostitution of Fijian
children. Staff at small local hotels procure underage girls and
boys for commercial sexual exploitation by foreign guests, while
taxi drivers, nightclub employees, and relatives frequently act as
prostitution facilitators. NGOs report caring for child victims of
prostitution who claim facilitators took them to private boats
anchored offshore near Fiji where they were sexually abused or
raped by foreign adult men. Reports indicate that some
transnational traffickers are members of Chinese organized crime
groups that recruit women from China and arrange for them to
enter Fiji on tourist or student visas. After their arrival, brothel
owners confiscate their passports and force the women to engage
in prostitution. Some Fijian children, whose families follow a
traditional practice of sending children to live with and do light
work for relatives or families living in cities or near schools,
become trafficking victims. These children are subjected to
domestic servitude or are coerced to engage in sexual activity in
exchange for food, clothing, shelter, or school fees.
The Government of Fiji does not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making
significant efforts to do so. Over the past year, the Fijian
government demonstrated increased efforts to address human
trafficking, particularly through law enforcement and victim
protection means. In July 2010, the Fiji Police established a
dedicated anti-trafficking police unit. Authorities drafted and
approved a government-wide National Action Plan to combat
trafficking. In November 2010, the Fijian government convicted
one individual and sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment for
fraudulently recruiting seven Indian nationals for agricultural jobs
in New Zealand, but instead taking them to Fiji, where they were
identified by immigration officials as potential trafficking victims.
Authorities provided shelter for the seven Indian men while they
assisted in the investigation and prosecution, and also provided
them transportation home. Nevertheless, the government has
never prosecuted a case involving the internal sex trafficking of
women or children in Fiji, which remains a serious problem.
Authorities did not make efforts to develop formal procedures to
proactively identify victims of trafficking during the year..
For full report click here
____________________________________________________
US State Dept Terrorism Report 2009
No report available
____________________________________________________
Links:
Worldwide AML Legislation (International Bar Association)
Financial Intelligence Unit, Reserve Bank of Fiji
Following the military takeover in 2006, the EU put into place
certain restrictive measures. These relate mainly to development
aid. For further information, please visit the following link: -
http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/10/st06/st06984.en10.
Australia and New Zealand have imposed autonomous sanctions
relating to travel bans against members of the ruling party and an
arms embargo. For further information, please visit the following
links: -
http://www.dfat.gov.au/un/unsc_sanctions/fiji.html
http://www.nzaid.govt.nz/programmes/c-fiji.html
____________________________________________________
Offshore Jurisdiction Blacklists:
Information unavailable.
____________________________________________________
US State Department Money Laundering Report - 2011:
Fiji is a small country with a population of less than 1 million. It is
not a regional financial center but suffers from a relatively high
level of crime. The country’s geographical location makes it a
convenient potential staging post for Australia and New Zealand.
This has been demonstrated by some significant drug related
cases and a noted increase in the number of human smuggling
cases. Cross-border crime gangs involving individuals from
neighboring Asian countries are operating within Fiji.
DO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ENGAGE IN CURRENCY
TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
TRAFFICKING THAT INCLUDE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF US
CURRENCY; CURRENCY DERIVED FROM ILLEGAL SALES IN
THE U.S.; OR THAT OTHERWISE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE
U.S.: NO
CRIMINALIZATION OF MONEY LAUNDERING:
“All serious crimes” approach or “list” approach to predicate
crimes: All serious crimes
Legal persons covered: criminally: YES civilly: YES
CRIMINALIZATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING:
Ability to freeze terrorist assets without delay: YES
UN lists of designated terrorists or terrorist entities distributed to
financial institutions: YES
KNOW-YOUR-CUSTOMER RULES:
Covered entities: Banks, foreign exchange dealers, money
remittance service providers, law firms, real estate agencies,
accountants
Enhanced due diligence procedures for PEPs: Foreign: YES
Domestic: YES
SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS:
Covered entities: Banks, foreign exchange dealers, money
remittance service providers, law firms, real estate agencies,
accountants
Number of STRs received and time frame: 629 in 2010
Number of CTRs received and time frame: 133,487 in 2010
MONEY LAUNDERING CRIMINAL
PROSECUTIONS/CONVICTIONS:
Prosecutions: Not available
Convictions: Not available
Assets forfeited: criminally: Not available civilly: Not available
RECORDS EXCHANGE MECHANISM:
With U.S.: YES
With other governments/jurisdictions: YES
Fiji is a member of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering
(APG), a Financial Action Task Force-style regional body. Its most
recent mutual evaluation report can be found here: http://www.
apgml.org/documents/docs/17/Fiji%20DAR%20Final.pdf
ENFORCEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND
COMMENTS:
The financial intelligence unit does not have budgetary
independence. Fiji should continue to implement anti-money
laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures that adhere
to international standards.
____________________________________________________
US State Dept Narcotics Report 2011 (introduction):
No report available
____________________________________________________
US State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
(introduction):
FIJI (Tier 2)
Fiji is a source country for children subjected to sex trafficking
within the country, and a destination country for foreign men and
women subjected to forced labor and forced prostitution. Family
members, other Fijian citizens, foreign tourists, and sailors on
foreign fishing vessels participate in the prostitution of Fijian
children. Staff at small local hotels procure underage girls and
boys for commercial sexual exploitation by foreign guests, while
taxi drivers, nightclub employees, and relatives frequently act as
prostitution facilitators. NGOs report caring for child victims of
prostitution who claim facilitators took them to private boats
anchored offshore near Fiji where they were sexually abused or
raped by foreign adult men. Reports indicate that some
transnational traffickers are members of Chinese organized crime
groups that recruit women from China and arrange for them to
enter Fiji on tourist or student visas. After their arrival, brothel
owners confiscate their passports and force the women to engage
in prostitution. Some Fijian children, whose families follow a
traditional practice of sending children to live with and do light
work for relatives or families living in cities or near schools,
become trafficking victims. These children are subjected to
domestic servitude or are coerced to engage in sexual activity in
exchange for food, clothing, shelter, or school fees.
The Government of Fiji does not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making
significant efforts to do so. Over the past year, the Fijian
government demonstrated increased efforts to address human
trafficking, particularly through law enforcement and victim
protection means. In July 2010, the Fiji Police established a
dedicated anti-trafficking police unit. Authorities drafted and
approved a government-wide National Action Plan to combat
trafficking. In November 2010, the Fijian government convicted
one individual and sentenced him to six years’ imprisonment for
fraudulently recruiting seven Indian nationals for agricultural jobs
in New Zealand, but instead taking them to Fiji, where they were
identified by immigration officials as potential trafficking victims.
Authorities provided shelter for the seven Indian men while they
assisted in the investigation and prosecution, and also provided
them transportation home. Nevertheless, the government has
never prosecuted a case involving the internal sex trafficking of
women or children in Fiji, which remains a serious problem.
Authorities did not make efforts to develop formal procedures to
proactively identify victims of trafficking during the year..
For full report click here
____________________________________________________
US State Dept Terrorism Report 2009
No report available
____________________________________________________
Links:
Worldwide AML Legislation (International Bar Association)
Financial Intelligence Unit, Reserve Bank of Fiji
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*Please note that FATF deems that a country has significant aml deficiencies if any
of the 'Core' Recommendations, R1, R5, R10, R13, SRII, or SRIV are rated either
Partially of Non-Compliant. These are marked in red.
For FATF to remove a country from the regular follow-up process, it has to be rated
Compliant or Largely Compliant in the above mentioned Core Recommendations
and the following Key Recommendations: -
R3, R4, R23, R26, R35, R36, R40, SRI, SRIII, SRV
Please also note that any risk assessment should take into consideration all
follow-up reports.
of the 'Core' Recommendations, R1, R5, R10, R13, SRII, or SRIV are rated either
Partially of Non-Compliant. These are marked in red.
For FATF to remove a country from the regular follow-up process, it has to be rated
Compliant or Largely Compliant in the above mentioned Core Recommendations
and the following Key Recommendations: -
R3, R4, R23, R26, R35, R36, R40, SRI, SRIII, SRV
Please also note that any risk assessment should take into consideration all
follow-up reports.
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