In 2016 a commitment was made between the UK, six of the Overseas Territories, and all of the Crown Dependencies, to enhance the effectiveness of long-standing law enforcement cooperation with respect to the sharing of beneficial ownership information for corporate and legal entities incorporated in the respective jurisdictions.

This first review of the Exchange of Notes arrangements has now been carried out by officials from the Home Office and Foreign and Commonwealth Office in the United Kingdom, and representatives from Guernsey, Alderney, Jersey and the Isle of Man; and the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Anguilla and Turks & Caicos Islands.

Jersey has been fully involved in this Review and the process has been constructive with all the participating authorities re-iterating their commitment to the effective operation of the Exchange of Notes with the aim of exchanging adequate, accurate and current information on beneficial ownership to help combat tax evasion, money laundering and corruption.

This Report sets out the findings of that Review.