Trinidad and Tobago

Regulates business conducted in virtual assets and by virtual asset service providers (Act No. 12 of 2025). The TTSEC authorises providers and keeps a public register, and sections 3, 7, 9 and 10 tie the regime to AML/CFT/CPF compliance. The TTSEC page states it was assented to on 23 December 2025 and took effect on assent; the Commission cannot grant provider authorisations on or before 31 December 2026 apart from sandbox participation (s. 4).

Made on 15 November 2024 and published on 30 December 2024. Adds Part IX (regulations 18-23) on beneficial ownership to the Companies Regulations: a company must identify natural persons owning or controlling 10% or more of shares or membership, verify their identity, keep an organisational chart and record the documents reviewed.

Act No. 17 of 2024, assented 13 December 2024. Amends the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Anti-Terrorism Act and other AML/CFT statutes; section 3(b) amends section 55A(3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act by replacing "fourteen" with "five". Under s. 2 it takes effect on a date set by Presidential Proclamation.

Act No. 17 of 2012, assented 24 December 2012. Governs the securities industry, including registration of market participants, filings by reporting issuers, administrative fines (s. 156) and settlement. Section 136A, as amended by Act No. 1 of 2024, requires reporting entities to keep a register of beneficial owners and report to the TTSEC.

Establishes the Financial Intelligence Unit as a department of the Ministry of Finance (s. 3; Act No. 11 of 2009). It also contains the registration (s. 18B) and administrative sanctions (s. 18H) provisions the FIUTT applies to supervised entities.

Act No. 55 of 2000. Provides for confiscation and the money laundering offences. Its index lists section 55 (record keeping and retention duties), section 55A (reporting suspicious activity and transactions) and section 55C (compliance programme); it has been amended by several Miscellaneous Provisions (FATF Compliance) Acts.

Act No. 35 of 1995, in the L.R.O. 1/2026 revision. Section 9 requires beneficial owner details in articles of incorporation, section 33(1B) requires a return to the Registrar within 30 days of a share issue or change in beneficial ownership, and Part VA (ss. 337B-337D) covers the duty to obtain beneficial ownership information and a Register of Beneficial Owners. Act No. 4 of 2026 appears in the amendment history of s. 9.

Act No. 23 of 1964. Section 3 establishes the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago and section 4 places its head office in Port of Spain; the long title provides for the Bank's powers and duties. The Central Bank's Legal Framework page hosts this copy, dated 21 September 2026.