Guyana’s political and judicial infrastructure has been impacted by narco-influence and its economy has become increasingly affected by drug money according to the US’s annual report to Congress which also expressed the hope for more co-operation from Georgetown on extraditions and fighting money-laundering.
The annual US Inter-national Narcotics Control Strategy Report has been a source of contention between Washington and Georgetown in recent years and has been closely read here ever since it named Roger Khan in 2006 as a known drug lord. That declaration triggered a series of events that eventually led to Khan’s capture in Suriname and transfer to Washington.
This year’s report released on Wednesday said that
