Guyana yesterday pledged to cooperate with foreign investigations into a gold smuggling ring, in the wake of the United States asking Curacao to look into years of smuggling and reports of a dossier on illicit shipments from Guyana for the last 15 years.
“Guyana welcomes any information and collaboration on the matter of suspected gold smuggling and non-declaration which are criminal offences under our laws,” said Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud yesterday.
However, despite Persaud’s pledge, one local miners’ group yesterday
