4.5 There are important inter-relationships between the fourteen (14) Strategic Goals. Each one consists of strategic lines of actions that guide the activities needed to achieve the overarching strategic goal. Strategic Goal 1: Take the Profit out of Crime, Target Criminal Assets and Protect the Financial System 4.6 CARICOM is committed to disrupt, dismantle and • Money is the primary motivator of organised defeat organised crime within its borders, with particular crime. Without cash flow, deals can't be attention to corruption, money laundering and the made and people can't be paid. For both these reasons, many organised criminal facilitators of crime. Organised crime is primarily syndicates fear attacks on their finances far motivated by profit. The Community’s objective is to make more than they fear prison. Interrupting the business of criminality unviable, to create an their cash flow disrupts their business environment that is openly hostile to transnational activities, prevents new business deals, leaves organised crime, and to dismantle criminal activities and them vulnerable and in debt, creates tension in the criminal community, and paralyses networks in the Community. their plans, all of which reduces their ability to stay in business. 4.7 Member States must attack the financial underpinnings of organised criminal syndicates; strip criminals of their illicit wealth; remove their access to the financial system; and expose the criminal activities hidden behind legitimate fronts. This will require the aggressive use of Proceeds Of Crime legislation. 4.8 Member States must focus on the facilitators of crime and the criminal bosses who enjoy and control the profits of criminal activities. The strategy calls for the prosecution of the directors and facilitators of criminality. An aggressive and successful programme of asset forfeiture could cripple organised crime in the Region. 4.9 It is essential to focus on criminal finances, because individual members of criminal organizations can usually be replaced, allowing the organization to resume its activities. However, seizing funds, arresting facilitators and dismantling the financial infrastructure can effectively bankrupt these criminal organizations, thus greatly reducing their capacity to stay in business. So the focus must be on taking the profit out of crime. The private sector therefore has a key role in the implementation of mechanisms to prevent fraudulent activities and money laundering. Strategic Lines of Action The establishment of National Asset Recovery Offices (AROs) is essential. Their role is to identify and facilitate the tracing of criminal assets; ensure the proper management of the seized assets and confiscation procedures; and act as a central contact point for confiscation activities at the national level. The successful prosecution of fraud, money launderers and facilitators of crime depends on the ability to manage and integrate complex legal, financial and personal data from diverse sources and jurisdictions. AROs must be equipped with the necessary resources, powers and training, and the ability to exchange information, in order to ensure proper implementation; i. 33