Following a two-day summit in St Vincent and the Grenadines, Caricom Heads yesterday issued a statement calling on all “relevant parties” to enact long-stalled anti-money laundering legislation here and warning of the consequences of failure to do this.
The statement said that the Conference of Heads regarded with “profound dismay”, Guyana’s inability to enact the necessary legislation to implement the recommendations of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).
“We recognise that Guyana’s failure to enact this Bill will result in Guyana being blacklisted by CFATF and
