The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams, along with eight others will represent Guyana at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CAFTF) XLV Plenary Meetings on May 29.
According to a press release from the Ministry of Legal Affairs, these meetings will be held in Trinidad and Tobago this month under the Chairmanship of Rhondalee Braithwaite-Knowles, Attorney-General Turks and Caicos, and allow for discussion of various matters of interest to members as well as members’ Mutual Evaluation Reports.
In recognition globally of the complexity of the 4th Round Mutual Evaluations, and in order to achieve the level of compliance set by the CFTAF, a Compliance Team was established by the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs to ensure that Guyana is adequately prepared by the 4th Round and its challenges.
According to the release, the Attorney General sought to have corresponding counterparts from Guyana attend the meeting so that the public sector officials may 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 members of the delegation comprise not only members of the CFTAF Working Groups, but also members of the newly established Compliance Team.
The Attorney General will be accompanied by his Special Adviser Tessa Oudkerk, the Director Matthew Langevine, Senior Legal Adviser Alicia Williams, and Legal Adviser Yonette Scarville of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU); the Head of the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU), Sydney James; the 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 release stated.
