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  Guyana is now a member of the Egmont Group, an international association comprising Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) from around the world that, among other things, facilitates intelligence exchange and cooperation on money laundering. This was revealed in a statement from the Attorney General Chambers and Legal Affairs Ministry on Saturday. “On February 1, 2024,...
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The Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Mr. Anil Nandlall, SC, MP, leads Guyana’s delegation at the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) 55th Plenary and Working Group Meetings being held in the Cayman Islands from November 27 to December 1, 2022. The delegation includes, Dr. Gobind Ganga, Governor of the Central Bank, Mr. Matthew Langevine,...
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DIRECTOR of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Matthew Langevine, has said that the entity has received reports of over 180 suspicious transactions, since the beginning of this year. Langevine, who spoke with the Department of Public Information (DPI) on Thursday, said many of the reports are fraud related. “The pandemic has stopped a lot of...
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─ women are biggest targets Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), Mr. Matthew Langevine says the entity has received over 75 reports of “romance scams” where women were cheated out of millions of dollars through social media and dating sites. Speaking with DPI on Thursday, the FIU Head cautioned Guyanese women to be wary...
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