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Deficiencies in anti-money laundering compliance in Belize and Guyana have been highlighted by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and the British Virgin Islands (BVI) regulator.

On 27 April 2026, the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) Financial Services Commission (the “FSC”) published its compliance inspection priorities and expectations for the 2026 inspection cycle.

The Investment Business (Approved Managers) Regulations, 2012 provides a regulatory 'light' regime for qualifying managers in the BVI.

Pending completion of its recommended actions under the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report published by the Caribbean FATF in February 2024, the BVI has been included on the FATF's list...

The Virgin Islands have enacted the Financial Investigation Agency (Amendment) Act, 2024, an essential piece of legislation aimed at strengthening financial integrity and combating illicit financial activities.

On 4 December 2025, the European Commission adopted the Delegated Regulation proposing to include the BVI in the EU AML List...

From 1 January 2026, BVI reporting entities must submit suspicious activity and transaction reports via the AMLive portal, with free FSC training on these new AML requirements available in September and October 2025.

At the 11th hour, the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission announced that the Companies Act, 1884 would not be repealed on 31 December 2007 as previously indicated.

On 9 September 2022, the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Government published a draft Virtual Assets Service Providers Act ("VASP Act") for consultation with industry.

My law firm seeks to recover assets stolen by international fraud and grand corruption.

BVI updates its beneficial ownership regime in 2025, requiring companies and partnerships to file up-to-date ownership information with the Registrar.

Judgment of the Court in Joined Cases C-37/20 | Luxembourg Business Registers and C-601/20 | Sovim S.A.

In schedule 2 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Code of Practice 2008, the BVI have recognised a list of jurisdictions that have laws and regulations similar to that of the BVI.

Note in particular that penalties frequently apply for late filings and so the registered office should be informed promptly of any notifiable changes to allow the appropriate filing/s to be made.

The Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Act (the "PCCA") is the primary legislation in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") intended to effectively combat the activity of money laundering.

The Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Act (the "PCCA") is the primary legislation in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") intended to effectively combat the activity of money laundering.

The primary anti-money laundering legislation in BVI is the Proceeds of Criminal Conduct Act (the "PCCA"). Growing out of the "forty plus nine" recommendations formulated by the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF")...

This publication has been prepared for the assistance of those who are considering the law of the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") as it pertains to anti-money...