Latin America and the Caribbean
Source tier A. Conventions checked 2026-07-29.
Drug and firearms law in Trinidad and Tobago: statutes on record
Trinidad and Tobago, in Latin America and the Caribbean, is party to all four of the instruments tracked here, the last of them since 2007. It appears on neither FATF list. Its legislation on record runs to 3 confirmed instruments, the earliest from 2000. The dates below are the depositary's; the instruments, where any are named, are the register's.
International framework
Trinidad and Tobago is bound by all four instruments this dataset tracks, the earliest from 1995 and the most recent from 2007.
| Instrument | Adopted | Ratified or acceded | Depositary reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 Convention | 1988 | 17 Feb 1995 | Chapter VI-19 |
| UNTOC | 2000 | 6 Nov 2007 | Chapter XVIII-12 |
| UNCAC | 2003 | 31 May 2006 | Chapter XVIII-14 |
| Firearms Protocol | 2001 | 6 Nov 2007 | 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 Trinidad and Tobago: they are the points from which each obligation began to bind, taken from the depositary's own status tables.
National legislation
These are the instruments an official source confirms for Trinidad and Tobago. The list is what could be cited, not necessarily everything in force.
2009/ – The Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2009 — An amending instrument in the anti-money-laundering legislation, which is where the operative text of an older act is usually found. Confirmed against the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.
2009/ – Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2004 — An amending instrument, so the operative wording is the amended text of the act it alters rather than anything freestanding. Confirmed against the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
The Proceeds of Crime Act, 2000 — 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.
Enforcement authorities
2 bodies are named in the record for Trinidad and Tobago, each confirmed on Trinidad and Tobago's own government domain. Naming the body matters because the treaty obligations above bind the state, while the powers to act on them sit with particular institutions under national law.
| Body | Function | Confirmed on |
|---|---|---|
| Trinidad and Tobago Police Service | criminal investigation | ttps.gov.tt |
| Customs and Excise Division | customs and border control | customs.gov.tt |
Ratification sequence
Which instrument came first says something the total does not. Trinidad and Tobago came to these instruments over 12 years, beginning with the 1988 Convention in 1995 and ending with the Firearms Protocol in 2007. Measured against each instrument's own adoption, the shortest gap was the UNCAC at 3 years, the longest the 1988 Convention at 7.
Trinidad and Tobago became a party to the 1988 Convention in 1995, 7 years after it was adopted — slower than the median lag of 5 years across this dataset.
Between the first date and the last, the framework binding this jurisdiction was incomplete in specific ways. For the 11 years between 1995 and 2006, Trinidad and Tobago was bound by the 1988 Convention but not yet by the UNCAC, the UNTOC or the Firearms Protocol. A case opened in one of those years would have had a narrower framework available to it than the same case opened now.
On coverage, Trinidad and Tobago 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
Trinidad and Tobago sits on the caribbean corridor, one of the six corridors profiled here. What the corridor meets at this leg is the record set out above.
The Caribbean corridor — 12 jurisdictions, carrying cocaine. The legs either side of Trinidad and Tobago in the reporting are Venezuela and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. 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. Trinidad and Tobago clears all three of those checks. The profile for this corridor compares all of its legs on the same three checks.
Financial-crime monitoring
As of the FATF plenary statements of 2026-06-19, Trinidad and Tobago is recorded as Not listed . Nothing here is a finding about Trinidad and Tobago's financial controls; it records only that neither statement names it. The current statement and what it changed are tracked on the FATF grey list tracker.
Questions about drug and firearms law in Trinidad and Tobago
Which drug-control conventions has Trinidad and Tobago ratified?
All four: the 1988 Convention on 17 Feb 1995, the UNTOC on 6 Nov 2007, the UNCAC on 31 May 2006, the Firearms Protocol on 6 Nov 2007.
Is Trinidad and Tobago on the FATF grey list?
No. Trinidad and Tobago 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
2009/ – The Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2009, confirmed against the Organization of American States; 2009/ – Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2004, confirmed against the UNODC legal library; The Proceeds of Crime Act, 2000, confirmed against the Organization of American States.
Which register confirms the legislation on this page?
Each instrument names its own. For Trinidad and Tobago that is the Organization of American States, the UNODC legal library. The entries link straight to the document, so the wording can be checked rather than taken on trust.
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 Trinidad and Tobago, 3 of them. The treaty dates and the listing status are separately sourced, so all three layers of this record carry a citation.
Why does the ratification date matter?
The date is the point from which the obligations bind. Trinidad and Tobago's earliest of these commitments dates from 1995, its most recent from 2007; 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.
- 2009/ – The Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2009: the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.
- 2009/ – Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (Amendment) Act 2004: the UNODC legal library, checked 2026-07-30.
- The Proceeds of Crime Act, 2000: the Organization of American States, checked 2026-07-30.