2018 US INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT

GUYANA REMAINS MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING COUNTRY, SAYS US

Stabroek News on 8th April reported that Guyana is among several Caribbean countries that have once again been listed as “Major Money Laundering” jurisdictions for 2017, according to the recently released US State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR).  Also among the almost 100 countries that are listed in this category are the US, Canada, UK and Italy.  Apart from Guyana, other Caribbean countries listed under the category are: Antigua and Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; BVI; Dominica, the Dominican Republic; Haiti Jamaica; Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; and Trinidad and Tobago.

https://www.stabroeknews.com/2018/news/stories/04/08/guyana-remains-major-money-laundering-country/

2018 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT

This annual report by the US Department of State to the US Congress prepared in accordance with the Foreign Assistance Act.  It describes the efforts of key countries to attack all aspects of the international drug trade in Calendar Year 2017.  Volume I covers drug and chemical control activities. Volume II covers money laundering and financial crimes.

https://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2018/index.htm

Author: raytodd2017

Chartered Legal Executive and former senior manager with Isle of Man Customs and Excise, where I was (amongst other things) Sanctions Officer (for UN/EU sanctions), Export Licensing Officer and Manager of the Legal-Library & Collectorate Support Section

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