CDB’s 3Cs conference tackles topical issues
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) at its Caribbean conference on Corruption, Compliance and Cybercrime (3Cs 2022) now underway in Barbados has been tackling a number of topical issues including governance, sports corruption and the dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange (FTX).
The free virtual conference, now in its third staging, will run from December 7-8 and is being held under the theme ‘Good Governance for the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean’.
The event, has opened discussions and keynote presentations from thought leaders across the region and the world, as they share and discuss new challenges and solutions for corruption, compliance, and cybercrime in the Caribbean while cutting across a number of other related and topical issues.
Speakers from outside of the region including experts such as professor of criminology and criminal justice at Northeastern University Dr Nikos Passas will deliver the main address accompanied by other presentaions from Bryan Smith, chief of cybercrimes unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Patrick Killeen, chief of the international anti-corruption unit, FBI.
“Corruption, money laundering and cybercrime are urgent challenges for the Caribbean. They can stymie economic growth and sustainable development, if not addressed robustly.
“Through 3Cs, CDB is [therefore] delivering free cutting-edge thought-leadership and insights on these critical issues so that those on the right side of the fight can continue to keep their knowledge cutting-edge,” said conference organiser and head of CDB’s Office of Integrity, Compliance and Accountability, Dr Toussant Boyce.
Boyce noted that with the perpetrators of financial crimes continually updating and evolving their methods and tactics, it is critical for people from all sectors of society to join the conference “to learn more about the challenges and how they are connected as well as the solutions to them”.
Last year over 1,000 participants from 46 countries attended the conference.
The conference, which features a series of round table and panel discussions is also seeing presentations from local acts including principal director of the not-for-profit anti-corruption agency, National Integrity Action, Professor Trevor Munroe, speakaing on the topic of ‘Good Governance and the Judiciary’, and sports publicist Carole Beckford who will sit on the panel for discussions on the topic of ‘Corruption and Sport: Lessons and Solutions for the Caribbean’.
Other speakers participating in the annual event include: Malcom Geere, UK development director; US sanctions expert Glen Kelley; Norm Hodne, director at Microsoft; Shaka Hislop, retired international footballer and senior ESPN analyst; Ambassador Deryck Murray, retired West Indies cricketer; broadcast sports journalist Andre Baptiste; and sports corruption expert Professor Declan Hill.
“A round table comprised of the directors of financial intelligence units (FIUs) from Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana and the Cayman Islands moderated by Calvin Wilson, former executive director of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), is also covering the critical work and role of FIUs in the evolution of AML/CFT compliance in the Caribbean,” a news release from the CDB informed.