Attorney General Anil Nandlall says that the granting of an order to have the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) keep his client’s gold jewellery is an abuse and misuse of the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Act.
Nandlall who represents goldsmith Richard Ramjit whose jewellery had been seized at the airport in January says that the items have not been returned and it was only recently that he was made aware that the police had moved to the court to have the pieces kept for 90 days. That application was granted by the court.
The attorney had filed a $10M lawsuit in connect with the detention of the jewellery and one
