Anti-laundering bill for Parliament on Thursday

Thursday’s new session of Parliament has a packed agenda but the centre of attention will be occupied by the government’s attempt to have the anti-money laundering bill passed despite warnings from the opposition majority that the legislation is unacceptable in its present form.

Gail Teixeira, the PPP/C’s Chief Whip and the Chairperson of the Select Committee which reviewed the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill 2013, is slated to move a motion for the adoption of the report of the