Attorney General Anil Nandlall has told a meeting in El Salvador of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) that Guyana will likely complete the non-legislative aspects of its anti-money laundering plan before the deadline of May next year but the ultimate date for legislative changes of September 2015 remains in limbo because of a dispute with the opposition.
For more than two years now Guyana has been on the brink of blacklisting by the global body, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which could see debilitating repercussions for financial transactions between Guyana and the rest of the world. However, at a key meeting in Paris, France of the FATF in October, President Donald Ramotar delivered a letter to the FATF pledging high-level commitment to an action plan to have all requirements met.
It was at this meeting that the deadlines for legislative and non-legislative requirements were set.
A release from GINA on Tuesday said that Nandlall advised the Plenary Meeting XL,