Public Notice; Guide to the AML/CFT/CPF Ladder of Supervisory Intervention

Public Notice; Guide to the AML/CFT/CPF Ladder of Supervisory Intervention

Published: Monday December 15th, 2025

Public Notice

Guide to the AML/CFT/CPF Ladder of Supervisory Intervention

The Central Bank of The Bahamas (the Central Bank) is issuing, for a 14-day industry consultation, its corresponding Guide to the Ladder of Supervisory Intervention that specifically addresses the remedial stages of intervention taken by the Central Bank for breaches to its Anti-Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, and Countering Proliferation Financing (AML/CFT/CPF) supervisory framework.

The objective of the Guide is to raise awareness and enhance the transparency of the supervisory intervention framework applied within the context of AML/CFT/CPF.

While the content of the Guide has been issued separately, upon conclusion of the consultation period, the Central Bank intends to incorporate the stages of the AML/CFT/CPF Ladder of Supervisory Intervention into the Guidelines for Supervised Financial Institutions on the Prevention of Money Laundering, Countering the Financing of Terrorism, and Proliferation Financing (AML Guidelines), which appropriately outlines the scope, applicability and other relevant areas that require ongoing compliance by supervised financial institutions.

A copy of the Guide can be found on the Central Bank's website at https://www.centralbankbahamas.com, via the following path: Core Functions → Bank Supervision Department → Consultation Documents.

The Central Bank welcomes feedback from all supervised financial institutions on the content of the Guide. The consultation period will end on 31 December 2025. Comments and enquiries regarding the Guide should be directed, via e-mail, to:

Policy Unit

Bank Supervision Department

E-mail: [email protected]