Guyana successfully defended anti-money laundering ratings at CFATF -AG’s Chambers

The Guyana team at the session

A key anti-money laundering report from Guyana was adopted at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force’s (CFATF) 58th Plenary and Working Group Meetings earlier this month in Trinidad and Tobago.

The meeting was held from June 2nd to 7th. This Mutual Evaluation Exercise consisted of a comprehensive examination of the country’s Anti-Money Laundering/ Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime, including a two-week on-site examination which took place in September, 2023, a release from the Attorney General’s Chambers said.

The release said that the Draft Report was adopted after intense scrutiny and discussions at the Plenary which consisted of over 200 high-level officials from across the Caribbean, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Organisation of the American States (OAS), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Action Task Force (FATF).