SOCU in dire need of staff, funding – expert

Dr. Sam Sittlington

With 59 investigations in progress, the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) is in dire need of more staff, funding and specially trained cash-sniffing dogs, Director of The Fraud Company Dr. Sam Sittlington said yesterday.

Dr. Sittlington at the time was delivering a debriefing in which he revealed that the Unit’s staff complement presently comprises an Assistant Director, four investigators and one secretary. During his presentation at a press conference hosted by the British High Commissioner to Guyana Greg Quinn, the Ireland-based financial investigation expert made recommendations