Two countries pushing for Guyana review over anti-laundering delinquency – AG

Two members of the Financial Action Task Force are calling for Guyana to be brought before the International Co-operation Review Group (ICRG), the entity charged with analysing high risk-jurisdictions, and for specific actions to be taken, Attorney General Anil Nandlall says.

Nandlall, who said such a move could see the “final blacklisting” of the country, would not identify the countries.

He, however, yesterday noted that Guyana has been regionally blacklisted and following through on the passing of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) legislation was necessary to ensure that Guyana was not taken