Gov’t preparing to face key review of anti-laundering compliance

Guyana will be sending a team to Miami, Florida later this month to evaluate recommendations coming out of an international review of its lack of compliance in addressing anti-money laundering deficiencies.

“We are going to report to Miami to a body established by the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) at the end of September where… we are expected to give an update on all of our efforts outside of the passing of the 2013 bill,” Attorney General Anil Nandlall, who is a member of the team, told Stabroek News.

He also revealed that the government is working on the advice of a consultant to develop a comprehensive country plan. He said that the consultant was a former FATF assessor and while the body did not mandate such work it had helped to facilitate the consultancy.

Nandlall said that currently a document was being prepared but it was in the preliminary stage as to