2025 — Third follow-up inspection on the Crime Fund Sint Maarten

Since 2019, the Council has been paying specific attention to the Crime Fund (CF) from the perspective of good management. The purpose of the fund is to finance projects aimed at combating crime. The recommendations that were made by the Council in this context are aimed at improving management and thus achieving optimal use of the fund in accordance with the law. Up to the current inspection, previous follow-up inspections indicated that insufficient follow-up, prioritization, and steering had been given to the follow up of the recommendations and as a result, (potential) risks persisted for an unnecessarily long time. Now, six years later, in light of the above, the Council once again presents the state of affairs in this third follow-up inspection and the outlook is not positive.