GUYANA AND SURINAME STRUGGLE TO CONTAIN MONEY LAUNDERERS
August 1st, 2010
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GUYANA and Suriname are neighbours with a lot in common - culturally Caribbean, but on South America, they are important shipment routes for illegal drug traffickers and so exposed to money laundering offences. They are, however, not offshore financial centres and so complex financial instruments are not available for hiding the dirty cash generated by organised crime in these countries. Both are ex-colonies - Guyana of Britain and Suriname of the Netherlands, with which it maintains close links.
Late last year, the Caribbean Financial Action ...
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