In Jersey and Guernsey, too, the commitment is heavy. As noted at the beginning of the Chapter, however, the Island authorities accept that they have an absolute obligation to police and regulate their international finance centres to the highest standards, to co-operate with overseas authorities and to make the necessary resources available. As explained above, the staff in both units will be increased by 2 to deal with the expected increase in suspicious transaction reports when the all crimes money laundering laws take effect. Jersey also has a substantial Drug trafficking intelligence bureau employing 14 staff. The Isle of Man does not have a joint Financial Investigation Unit.
Customs operate separately from, though in close consultation with, the police.
The police's Fraud Squad undertakes most of the tasks undertaken elsewhere by the Joint FIUs. It acts as the receiving house for suspicious transaction reports and requests for intelligence from overseas. In my opinion, there are strengths as well as weaknesses in all the Islands' structures. Jersey and Guernsey seem to me right to have joint financial intelligence and investigation units bringing together police and Customs. The Isle of Man seems to me right to have a single unit dealing with fraud as well as financial intelligence and investigation.