Offshore Financial Services Chart
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Jurisdictions |
Offshore Banks |
Trust & Management Companies |
IBCs/Exempt and/or Restricted Companies |
Bearer Shares |
Asset Protection Trusts |
Insurance and Re-insurance |
Sells Economic Citizenship |
Internet Gaming |
Criminalized Drug Money Laundering (D) & Beyond Drugs (BD) |
Financial Stability Forum Group |
FATF Noncooperative Exercise |
Membership in International Organizations (A,C,CE,F,O,OC, I, S) |
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The Americas |
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Anguilla |
2 |
Y |
1,988 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
D |
III |
C, I*1 | |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
26 |
Y |
12,000 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
BD |
III |
R |
C,OC |
|
Aruba |
2 |
Y |
7,400 |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
C,F,O, I* | ||
|
Bahamas |
413 |
Y |
100,000 |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
BD |
III |
NC |
C,O,OC, I, S |
|
Barbados |
51 |
Y |
3,855 |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
II |
C,O,OC, S | |
|
Belize |
2 |
Y |
16,000 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
BD |
III |
R |
C,OC, S, I* |
|
Bermuda |
3 |
Y |
11,000 |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
II |
R |
C,O |
|
British Virgin Islands |
13 |
Y |
360,000 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
R |
C |
|
Cayman Islands |
570 |
Y |
50,951 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
NC |
C,O, I |
|
Costa Rica |
24 |
20 |
N |
N |
Y |
D |
III |
C,OC, S | ||||
|
Dominica |
6 |
Y |
6,596 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
D |
NC |
C,OC | ||
|
Grenada |
16 |
Y |
2,200 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
BD |
C,OC | ||
|
Montserrat |
15 |
22 |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
C | ||||
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Netherlands Antilles |
42 |
N |
20,919 |
Y |
N |
N |
Y |
BD |
III |
C,F,O, I | ||
|
Panama |
34 |
Y |
372,667 |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
NC |
C,O,OC, S | |
|
St. Kitts & Nevis |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
BD |
III |
NC |
C, OC | |||
|
(St. Kitts) |
N |
Y |
500 |
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|
(Nevis) |
1 |
Y |
19,000 |
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St. Lucia |
1 |
Y |
100 |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
R |
C,OC |
|
St. Vincent & The Grenadines |
28 |
Y |
11,000 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
BD |
III |
NC |
C,OC |
|
Turks and Caicos |
8 |
Y |
27,000 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
C, I | |
|
Uruguay |
12 |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
D |
OC, S | |||
|
Europe |
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Cyprus |
29 |
Y |
47,000 |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
R |
CE,O, S | |
|
Gibraltar |
21 |
Y |
8,300 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
BD |
II |
R |
O, I |
|
Guernsey |
79 |
Y |
15,450 |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
R |
O, I, S |
|
Alderney |
N |
Y |
455 |
N |
N |
Y |
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Sark |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
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Hungary |
N |
N |
300 |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
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Ireland |
N |
Y |
40,000 |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
F, S | |
|
Isle of Man |
10 |
Y |
24,300 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
R |
O, I, S |
|
Jersey2 |
Y |
Y |
20,000 |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
R |
O, I, S |
|
Liechtenstein3 |
15 |
Y |
75,000 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
NC |
CE |
|
Luxembourg3 |
200 |
Y |
68,000 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
F, S | |
|
Malta |
4 |
Y |
757 |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
II |
R |
CE,O, S |
|
Monaco |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
II |
R |
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Switzerland3 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
F, S | ||
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"Turkish Republic of No. Cyprus" |
40 |
N |
12 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
D |
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Africa & Middle East |
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Botswana |
Y |
Y |
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Bahrain |
48 |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
II |
O, S | ||
|
Liberia |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
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Mauritius |
11 |
Y |
10,700 |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
III |
R |
E, O, S | |
|
Madeira (Portugal) |
Y |
4,100 |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
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Seychelles |
4,808 |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
BD |
III |
R |
E | |||
|
Tunisia |
12 |
1,200 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
S | |||||
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Asia |
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Brunei |
Y |
Y |
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Hong Kong |
Y |
Y |
474,500 |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
BD |
I |
A, F,O, S | |
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Labuan (Malaysia) |
60 |
Y |
2,574 |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
II |
A, I, O, S | |
|
Macau |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
II |
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Philippines |
15 |
N |
NC |
A, S | ||||||||
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Singapore |
83 |
P |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
I |
A, F,O, S | ||
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Thailand |
44 |
N |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
A, S | |||||
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Pacific |
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Cook Islands |
25 |
Y |
1,230 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
NC |
|
|
Marshall Islands |
N |
Y |
4,000 |
Y |
N |
N |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
NC |
|
|
Nauru |
400 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
III |
NC |
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Niue |
5 |
Y |
5,500 |
N |
Y |
Y |
N |
BD |
III |
NC |
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Palau |
2 |
N |
N |
N |
Y |
N |
N |
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Samoa |
10 |
Y |
4,085 |
Y |
Y |
Y |
N |
N |
BD |
III |
R |
I* |
|
Vanuatu |
55 |
Y |
2,500 |
Y |
N |
Y |
N |
Y |
BD |
III |
R |
A, O |
(1) A = Asia/Pacific Group; C = Caribbean Financial Action Task Force; CE = Council of Europe Select Committee on Money Laundering; E = Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group; F = Financial Action Task Force; I = Offshore Group of Insurance Supervisors (OGIS); I* = Observer to the OGIS; O = Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors; OC = OAS/Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission; S = International Organization of Security Commissioners.
(2) There is no distinction drawn between onshore and offshore banks in Jersey. (3) Liechtenstein, Luxembourg and Switzerland are unique. Residents are able to avail themselves of many OFC services and products normally reserved for nonresidents.[End.]