Guyana is among several Caribbean countries that have once again been listed as “Major Money Laundering” jurisdictions for 2017, according to the recently released United States State Department’s International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR).
However, also among the almost 100 countries that are listed in this category are the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Italy.
Apart from Guyana, other Caribbean countries listed under the category are: Antigua and Barbuda; the Bahamas; Barbados; the British Virgin Islands; Dominica, the Dominican Republic; Haiti Jamaica; Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; and Trinidad and Tobago.