Nominees for anti-money laundering authority to be sent for parliamentary approval

The critical Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Authority is closer to becoming a reality as the police have completed their due diligence on the 10 persons nominated to serve on it, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee on Appointments Dr. George Norton says.

The names are to be sent to the National Assembly for approval.

Norton, who is also the Minister of Social Cohesion, told Sunday Stabroek recently that “the money laundering authority is in a draft form and is almost ready for Parliament.” He did not say when the names will be sent for approval. He was also unable to recall the identities of the ten nominees.

The next sitting of the National Assembly is on Thursday and given the