Latin America and the Caribbean
Source tier C. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Anguilla: statutes on record and in force
Anguilla, in Latin America and the Caribbean, takes its treaty obligations by extension from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rather than by its own ratification. It appears on neither FATF list. Its legislation on record runs to 3 confirmed instruments, the earliest from 2004. Nothing below is asserted without the document it came from being named alongside it.
International framework
Anguilla is not a party to these instruments in its own right. It is a territory whose treaty obligations are extended by United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, so the operative dates below are that state's dates and the obligations apply as extended. This is the ordinary position for dependent territories and is frequently misread as non-ratification.
Anguilla is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1991 and the most recent from 2006.
| Instrument | Adopted | Extended from | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 28 Jun 1991 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 9 Feb 2006 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 9 Feb 2006 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 6 May 2002 | Chapter XVIII-12-c |
What each instrument obliges a party to do is set out once, per instrument, in the conventions reference. The dates above are what is specific to Anguilla: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
What follows is the legislation this dataset can point at. A translated title would be a different instrument, so titles are left as enacted.
Proceeds of Crime Act 2009 — A principal anti-money-laundering instrument, carrying the laundering and proceeds obligations common to the 1988 Convention, UNTOC and UNCAC into domestic law. Confirmed against the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.
Drugs Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act 2004 — An amending instrument in the drug control legislation, which is where the operative text of an older act is usually found. Confirmed against the Government of Anguilla, checked 2026-07-30.
Drugs Trafficking Offences Act — A principal drug control instrument, carrying the 1988 Convention's trafficking and confiscation obligations into domestic law. Confirmed against the Government of Anguilla, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Anguilla, each confirmed on Anguilla's own government domain. The division of mandate is what decides where a case can actually be taken: interception, investigation and prosecution are three different powers, rarely held by one body.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Anguilla Police Service | criminal investigation | wca-ai.gov.ai |
| HM Customs | customs and border control | gov.ai |
Ratification sequence
How a state assembled its treaty position is itself a fact about the position. Anguilla came to these instruments over 15 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1991 and ending with the UNCAC in 2006. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the Firearms Protocol at 1 year, the longest the UNTOC at 6.
Anguilla became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1991, 3 years after it was adopted — faster than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
What sat in the gaps between them is the less obvious half of the record. For the 11 years between 1991 and 2002, Anguilla was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the Firearms Protocol, the UNTOC or the UNCAC. For the 4 years between 2002 and 2006, Anguilla was bound by the 1988 Convention and the Firearms Protocol but not yet by the UNTOC or the UNCAC. Treaty obligations do not apply backwards, so the interval is a real limit on what the framework could reach at the time rather than an administrative detail.
On coverage, Anguilla is one of 81 jurisdiction s here party to 4 of the four, against 81 party to all four. The Latin America and the Caribbean cohort runs to 33 records, 3 of them currently listed for increased monitoring.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Anguilla sits on the caribbean corridor, one of the six corridors profiled here. How this leg compares with the others is the question the figures below answer.
The Caribbean corridor — 12 jurisdictions, carrying cocaine. The legs either side of Anguilla in the reporting are Antigua and Barbuda and British Virgin Islands. Across the corridor as a whole, 9 of the 12 legs are party to all four instruments, 2 sit outside the Firearms Protocol, every leg carries a confirmed national instrument , and 2 are under increased monitoring. Anguilla clears all three of those checks. The route page sets out every leg.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Anguilla is recorded as Not listed . Absence from both lists is not a clean bill of health: it means no strategic deficiency has been identified, which is not the same as none existing. How the plenary reaches these decisions is covered on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Anguilla
Which drug-control conventions has Anguilla ratified?
Anguilla is not a party in its own right. The ratifications of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland extend to it, which is why the dates on this page are that state's dates: 1988 Convention (28 Jun 1991), UNTOC (9 Feb 2006), UNCAC (9 Feb 2006), Firearms Protocol (6 May 2002).
Is Anguilla on the FATF grey list?
No. Anguilla appears on neither the increased-monitoring list nor the call-for-action list in the FATF statements of 19 June 2026.
What national drug legislation is on record for Anguilla?
Proceeds of Crime Act 2009, confirmed against the Organization of American States; Drugs Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act 2004, confirmed against the Government of Anguilla; Drugs Trafficking Offences Act, confirmed against the Government of Anguilla.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Anguilla that is the Organization of American States, the Government of Anguilla. Each link resolves to the register's own copy, not to a summary of it.
What is source tier C, and why is this record in it?
Tier C covers jurisdictions that are not treaty parties in their own right. Anguilla takes its obligations by extension from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which is the accurate legal position and is frequently misreported as non-ratification.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Anguilla's earliest of these commitments dates from 1991, its most recent from 2006; the gap between them is a rough measure of how long the framework took to assemble.
Sources
- Ratification dates: United Nations Treaty Collection, depositary status tables (chapters VI-19, XVIII-12, XVIII-14, XVIII-12-c). Checked 2026-07-29.
- Listing status: FATF, Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring and High-Risk Jurisdictions subject to a Call for Action, 2026-06-19.
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2009: the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.
- Drugs Trafficking Offences (Amendment) Act 2004: the Government of Anguilla, checked 2026-07-30.
- Drugs Trafficking Offences Act: the Government of Anguilla, checked 2026-07-30.