SOCU advisor says case backlog reducing

Sam Sittlington

In keeping with his concerns about the large number of Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) cases that were awaiting legal advice, Irish crime expert Sam Sittlington last week said that since addressing the issue with the Police Legal Adviser (PLA ) and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) the backlog is reducing.

“Very happy to say yes. That process is ongoing…yes quite a few of them (the files) have been returned to us so…yes I am very pleased”, he said when asked by Stabroek News if he had met the duo as he had indicated back in January.

Sittlington has returned to Guyana through assistance from the United Kingdom Government, to continue a project aimed at strengthening the operational and investigative ability of SOCU, with a view to increasing the effectiveness of Guyana and its ability to tackle money laundering, terrorist financing and other serious crimes.