Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall SC yesterday met with representatives of the United States of America Law Enforcement Agencies on a number of matters in the legal sector,
The representatives included persons from the U.S. Marshals Service, the Department of Justice, New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force as well as the Special Agent Diplomatic Service, US Embassy, Georgetown, Guyana.
A release from Nandlall’s office said that the US team updated the Attorney General on a number of areas in the legal sector that the United States Government will enlist the support of the Attorney General’s Chambers on, in particular organized financial crimes, extraditions, deportations and the prosecution of fugitives who may have committed offences in either Guyana or the USA, or in both countries.
The release said that the discussions also focused on certain strategic areas which need to be strengthened, especially in the area of forensic investigations by collaboration between the two countries.
Nandlall, the release said, also raised the issue of persons operating on the airwaves and in the social media, resident in the United States and who “by their constant publications, threatening peace, stability and public order and exciting racial hostilities in Guyana as a new and emerging problem … will have to be confronted sooner than later”.
The Attorney General said that even the US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch has been the subject of attacks from these “reckless and fringe elements”.
Nandlall reaffirmed the Guyana Government’s continued commitment to partner and work closely with the United States security services for the benefit of both nations as he highlighted that tackling crime is a priority of his government.
Follow up engagements are planned as a result of yesterday’s meeting.
At the end of the meeting, the release said that the Attorney General was gifted with a symbolic badge on behalf of the United States Marshals Service, Department of Justice, New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force and New York City Division/Citywide Fugitive Enforcement Operations.
