Nine -member delegation to attend CFATF meetings

May 24, 2017 News

For the first time, Guyana will be represented by a nine-member delegation at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) XLV Plenary Meetings, scheduled to be held in Trinidad and Tobago, (T&T), this month.
According to information provided by the Legal Affairs Ministry, in recognition globally of the complexity of the 4th Round Mutual Evaluations, and in order to achieve the level of compliance set by the CFATF, a Compliance Team was established by the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, to ensure that Guyana is adequately prepared for the challenges.
The delegation comprises not only members of the CFATF Working Groups, but also members of the newly established Compliance Team.
The nine- member Guyana team includes the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Basil Williams S.C., who will be accompanied by his Special Adviser Tessa Oudkerk, Director Matthew Langevine, Senior Legal Adviser Alicia Williams and Legal Adviser Yonette Scarville of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). It will also include the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sydney James, Bank of Guyana Governor, Gobind Ganga, and Director of Bank Supervision Department Ramnarine Lal of the Bank of Guyana, and Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Teshanna Lake.
The Attorney General sought to have corresponding counterparts from Guyana attend the meeting in order for public sector officials to meet and interact with their colleagues from across the Region and establish networks where possible for future collaboration, sharing experiences and assisting each other in being better prepared for the challenges of the 4th Round Mutual Evaluations.
The Plenary meetings will allow for discussion of various matters of interest to members as well as members’ Mutual Evaluation reports.
The meeting will be chaired under by the Honorable Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, Attorney-General, and Turks and Caicos.

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