Real estate agents, brokers advised to comply with anti-laundering act

The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has issued a notice advising real estate agents and brokers that they are to comply with the obligations outlined in the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/ CFT) Act No. 13 of 2009 and they have until June month end to register or make contact with the unit.

A notice by the FIU Director which was published  in the May 28 edition of the Sunday Stabroek advised that “all persons or entities carrying on a business or operating as Real Estate Agents or