FIU Curaçao – COVID-19, May 6th, 2020
Pandemic profiteering – we need to remain vigilant because criminals profit from the situation.
The current viral crisis is unprecedented, socially as well as economically. Needless to say, this situation also has severe implications for the internal financial security of every country. Criminals have quickly seized the opportunities to exploit the crisis by adapting their modes of operation and/or developing new criminal activities.
Organized crime groups are notoriously flexible and adaptable and their capacity to exploit this crisis means we need to be constantly vigilant and prepared for new and emerging illicit finance risks. International information shows that increasingly people and businesses are vulnerable to scams and fraud, mail hijacking, cloned websites and money laundering schemes.
On the other hand, at a time when critical relief is needed for our country, effective compliance and a continued focus of our financial and non-financial institutions, supervisors, FIU and law enforcement agencies on the integrity and security of our financial system, will give potential donors greater confidence that their support is reaching their intended beneficiaries.
FIU Curaçao stresses the need for reporting organizations to remain vigilant, keep giving sufficient attention to compliance and to reporting unusual transactions, also in these difficult times.
As a further demonstration of the need to remain vigilant, FIU Curaçao would like to draw attention to a report as published by EUROPOL : - Pandemic profiteering -how criminals exploit the COVID-19 crisis (March 2020) –. It provides an overview of how criminals possibly adapt their misdeeds to the COVID-19 pandemic. The report is mainly based on information Europol received from EU Member States, however it has value globally. The report can be found using the following link : https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/pandemic-profiteering-how-criminals-exploit-covid-19-crisis
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FIU Curaçao – COVID -19, 6 di mei 2020
Sakando probecho for di e Pandemia – Nos mester keda vigilante pasobra kriminalnan ta probechando di e situashon.
E krísis viral aktual ta sin presedente, tantu sosial komo ekonómikamente. No ta ni nesesario pa splika ku e situashon aki tambe tin implikashonan severo pa e seguridat finansiero interno di tur pais. Kriminalnan mes ora a tuma e oportunidat aki pa eksplota e krisis dor di adapta nan forma di operashon i/òf desaroya formanan nobo pa eherse nan aktividatnan kriminal.
Gruponan di krímen organisá ta notablemente fleksibel i adaptabel i nan kapasidat pa eksplota e krisis ta nifika ku nos mester ta konstantemente vigilante i prepara pa risikonan finansiero nobo ku por lanta kabes. Informashon internashonal ta mustra ku mas i mas hende i negoshinan ta vulnerabel pa estafa i froude, sekuestro di mail, wèpsaitnan ku ta wòrdu di "klone" i skemanan pa laba plaka.
Di otro banda, na e momentunan aki kaminda tin nesesidat kritiko di alivio pa nos pais, kumplimentu efektivo i un enfoke kontinuo di parti di institutonan financiero i no financiero, supervisornan, FIU i órganonan enkargá ku enforsa kumplimentu ku lei riba integridat i seguridat di nos sistema finansiero, lo duna donantenan potensial mas konfiansa ku nan apoyo lo yega serka e benefisiadonan intenshona.
FIU Curaçao ke stress riba e organisashonnan ku tin ku mèldu pa keda vigilante, keda duna atenshon na kumplimentu (‘compliance’) i na mèldumentu di transakshonnan no usual, tambe den e tempunan difisil aki.
Komo un demostrashon di e nesesidat di permanesé vigilante, FIU Curaçao ke hala atenshon riba un informe publiká dor di EUROPOL: - Pandemic profiteering -how criminals exploit the COVID-19 crisis (March 2020) -. E ta duna un bista kon delikuentenan ta adapta nan aktonan kriminal na COVID-19. E informe ta basa primeramente riba informashon ku Europol a risibi di estadonan miembro di Union Europeo, pero e tin balor na nivel mundial.
Por yega na e informe usando siguiente link: https://www.europol.europa.eu/publications-documents/pandemic-profiteering-how-criminals-exploit-covid-19-crisis
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