Two weeks ago, we discussed the latest position with regard to the proposed amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act. The Government wants an urgent passage of the amendments as presented on the grounds that they addressed all the concerns of the CFATF; and if the amendments were not approved before 13 February 2014 (the date when the Financial Action Task Force met), Guyana would be blacklisted. Fortunately, FATF did not review Guyana at that meeting but agreed that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) would do so when it meets in May 2014. CFATF gave Guyana a
