BEGINS PRESS RELEASE HON. ATTORNEY GENERAL RHONDALEE BRAITHWAITE-KNOWLES ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF KHALILA ASTWOOD-TATEM AS THE NEW DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL On Monday 18th January 2021, in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, Hon. Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles OBE QC announced the appointment of Mrs. Khalila Astwood-Tatem ...

PRESS RELEASE TCIG HOSTS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING WEBINAR SERIES Pursuant to TCIG efforts to conduct continuous training in the areas of anti-money laundering, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions in collaboration with the Attorney General's Chambers and the Financial Crimes Unit hosted the first of its kind, the “Anti-Money Laundering ...

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands Monday 20th January 2020 PRESS RELEASE Joint press release from, His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Nigel Dakin, the Honourable Premier and Minister of Finance, Investment and Trade, Mrs. Sharlene Cartwright-Robinson and the Anti-Money Laundering Committee CFATF finds that the TCI has made significant progres...

PRESS RELEASE Customs Department Hosted Training on Anti-Money Laundering (AML) On the 2nd and 3rd of October, 2019 Managers and Senior Officers of the Customs Department participated in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) training facilitated by the Attorney General’s Chambers. Money laundering is ubiquitous and a great hazard to the National Economy. Cu...

PRESS RELEASE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COMBATING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM & PROLIFERATION FINANCING (AML/CFT & PF) TRAINING The TCI, in compliance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendations continues its efforts to implement measures and enhance its ability to effectively undertake anti-money laundering (AML) and counter...

The Legislative Drafting Division of the Attorney General’s Chambers hosted a seminar for Senior Managers across the public service on ‘The Legislative Process and Drafting Instructions’.  The seminar took place on Grand Turk at the Life Centre Building on Old Airport Road on 26th  June 2019. The seminar focused on four key areas:  1) how to deve...

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) marked its 20th Anniversary just recently and with 27 Members which includes the Turks and Caicos Islands, represents diversity of ideas, cultures, and languages and of successful approaches to Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing laws and regulations. CFATF Legal advisor, Ms. Ana ...

The 1st update to the 2014 Revised Edition of the Laws of the Turks and Caicos Islands will came into force on 18th January 2019. This 1st update to the Revised Edition will show the law as at 31 March 2018 for those booklets affected. The 1st update to the Revised Edition is published in electronic form on a CD-ROM and also in printed form compri...

The Hon. Attorney General Rhondalee Braithwaite Knowles OBE QC confirmed today 3rd July 2019, the arrest of Canadian Attorney Peter Karam of the law firm Karam & Missick.  This matter is being undertaken through joint efforts and collaboration between the Governor’s Office, the Attorney General’s Chambers, the Office of the Director of Pub...

The Turks and Caicos Islands Civil Service is pleased to congratulate Ms. Dominique Gardiner on her appointment to the post of Crown Counsel with the Turks and Caicos Islands Government’s Attorney General’s Chambers. Ms. Gardiner obtained her undergraduate degree with honours in Law with Accounting & Finance from the University of Liverpool in...