Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said that although the task force set up to investigate gold smuggling has not been meeting regularly, work is being done.
“That task force has not been disbanded… while it may not have met for the year physically there is a constant exchange of correspondence and reports on different activities,” he told reporters at a post cabinet press briefing on Wednesday.
Trotman said that since the task force was established last year, the Ministry of Public Security and the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) have taken the lead on the issue of gold smuggling.
According to him, the task force is in a review mode and will be convened as needed.
The issue of gold smuggling was raised last year after it was revealed that during a four-month period,
