The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) has filed legal proceedings to have approximately $1.5 million in foreign currency seized from a woman who had tried entering the country with the cash strapped to her thighs.
By way of an ad in the November 9th, 2019 edition of the Stabroek News, published in English and Dutch, SOCU notified “Gabriella Reginia Artist,” whose addresses were given as Sleepin Hotel, Brickdam, Georgetown, and Leidingzo Paramaribo, Suriname, that it is seeking the forfeiture of US$3,300, and €8,300, which had been seized from her.
The amounts are said to have been seized and detained pursuant to sections 37 and 82 of the Anti-Money Laundering Countering the Financing of Terrorism Act after the woman was reportedly held with the cash as she attempted to enter Guyana.
