Latin America and the Caribbean
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: statutes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, in Latin America and the Caribbean, is party to 3 of the four instruments tracked here but not to the UNCAC. It appears on neither FATF list. Its legislation on record runs to 2 confirmed instruments, the earliest from 1993. The record is set out in the order the obligations arrive: treaty first, statute second, enforcement last.
International framework
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is bound by 3 of the four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1994 and the most recent from 2010. The exception is the UNCAC, and that exception has consequences: the asset-recovery route is unavailable, which matters most where proceeds are moved abroad through a corrupt public official rather than by a trafficking network.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 17 May 1994 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 29 Oct 2010 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | not a party | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 29 Oct 2010 | 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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 2013 — 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.
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1993 — A principal instrument in its own right, confirmed on the register named below; its subject matter is not stated on the face of its title. Confirmed against the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, each confirmed on Saint Vincent and the Grenadines's own government domain. Which body holds a mandate matters in practice: a customs administration can stop a consignment at the frontier, a police service can investigate inland, and only a prosecuting authority can bring the charge.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force | criminal investigation | security.gov.vc |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Coast guard | maritime interdiction | gov.vc |
Ratification sequence
Which instrument came first says something the total does not. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines came to these instruments over 16 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1994 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2010. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the 1988 Convention at 6 years, the longest the UNTOC at 10.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1994, 6 years after it was adopted — slower than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
The gaps between those dates are the part worth reading. For the 16 years between 1994 and 2010, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNTOC or the Firearms Protocol. An obligation that arrives late does not reach conduct that took place before it, which is why the sequence matters to a prosecutor and not only to a chronology.
On coverage, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is one of 22 jurisdiction s here party to 3 of the four, against 81 party to all four. 3 of the 33 Latin America and the Caribbean records here are under increased monitoring as the register stands.
What is not in force
One of the four instruments does not bind Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and the gap has specific consequences rather than symbolic ones.
UNCAC — adopted 2003, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is not a party. In practice, the asset-recovery route is unavailable, which matters most where proceeds are moved abroad through a corrupt public official rather than by a trafficking network.
Position on the trafficking corridors
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines sits on the caribbean corridor, one of the six corridors profiled here. The corridor is only as traceable as its weakest documented leg, and this is the documentation for this one.
The Caribbean corridor — 12 jurisdictions, carrying cocaine. The legs either side of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the reporting are Trinidad and Tobago and Saint Lucia. 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. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines clears all three of those checks. The corridor profile carries the leg-by-leg comparison.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is recorded as Not listed . The two statements are issued together and read together, because a jurisdiction named in the second is not on the first. How the plenary reaches these decisions is covered on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Which drug-control conventions has Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ratified?
3 of the four instruments tracked here — the 1988 Convention (17 May 1994), the UNTOC (29 Oct 2010), the Firearms Protocol (29 Oct 2010). It is not a party to the UNCAC.
Is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on the FATF grey list?
No. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
Proceeds of Crime Act 2013, confirmed against the Organization of American States; Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1993, confirmed against the Organization of American States.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Saint Vincent and the Grenadines that is the Organization of American States. The citation is to the issuing register rather than to any account of it, so the text can be read as enacted.
What is source tier A, and why is this record in it?
Tier A means a national instrument has been confirmed against an official register — for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 2 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
What does it mean that Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is not a party to the UNCAC?
In practice, the asset-recovery route is unavailable, which matters most where proceeds are moved abroad through a corrupt public official rather than by a trafficking network.
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 2013: the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.
- Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1993: the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.