Teleconference with CFATF on anti-laundering bill postponed

This evening’s planned telecommunication conference with the CFATF on the vexed issue of the anti-money laundering bill will not take place as it is not on the agenda of this afternoon’s meeting of the parliamentary select committee looking at the legislation.

Opposition MPs had wanted the teleconference with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) to clarify deadlines associated the controversial Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) (Amendment) Bill.

Attorney General and member of the committee, Anil Nandlall, told Stabroek News yesterday that no decision was