A HIGH-LEVEL team, headed by Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, will travel to Florida at the end of the month where it is expected to be grilled on Guyana’s money laundering situation, particularly its compliance with obligations under the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).
This was reported by Head of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon Wednesday at a post- Cabinet media briefing.
Dr. Luncheon stated that Cabinet approved the team which also includes Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Head, Paul Geer; Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) Head Assistant Commmissioner, Sydney James; and FIU Legal Advisor, Alicia Williams. The target review will be done by the America Region Reviewing Group (ARRG).
“They will be meeting in the context of a report that had to be prepared and submitted by Guyana in response to a formal request by the ARRG for information,” Dr. Luncheon said, adding that ARRG had submitted a document that requested a considerable amount of information about Guyana’s commitment to CFATF.
Following this review, ARRG is expected to submit a report to CFATF following which a decision will be handed down in October. The HPS recalled that it was the failure of the Parliament to pass the CFATF compliant legislation, “consequent to the Opposition’s non-support,” that had caused the country to be referred for the targeted review. (GINA)