Local anti-laundering unit remains invisible

Amid the continuing success by anti-money laundering agencies in Jamaica and Trinidad, questions persist about what the local agency is doing in the face of the disposing of assets of persons who have long been on the radar of law enforcement authorities for suspicious behaviour.

Several weeks ago, the transfer of a major city property in the name of the now dead Ricardo Rodrigues was advertised in the Official Gazette. Before he was gunned down at the GMRSC facility at Thomas Lands and Albert Street in October 2012, Rodrigues had been sought by police in connection with a string of suspect activities and he had been known to have had a long association with imprisoned drug lord Roger Khan. Just days before he was gunned down, Rodrigues had been sought by police in connection with the discovery of an arms cache in Lethem. It is believed his subsequent