Pay Attention To White-Collar Crime, Urges British High Commissioner
Class and social status must not have a role in who is sent to jail for corruption and other white-collar crimes in the island, says […]
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Financial Investigations Division To Become Independent Government Agency
Finance Minister Audley Shaw has announced that the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which falls under his Ministry, is to become an independent government department. Read More ….
Data collection key for Guyana in 4th round evaluation-CFATF
The significant progress made in addressing the deficiencies in Guyana’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regime continues to be acknowledged but […]
Cashing in on crime – Gov’t could get $1.2b seized from suspected criminals
The Government could get a financial windfall from the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which is sitting on just over $1.2 billion in cash, money it […]
Hanover couple arrested on lottery scamming charges
A Hanover couple alleged to be the mastermind behind a lottery scam scheme that was used to fleece an elderly American woman out of US$148,000 […]
Cashing in on crime – Gov’t could get $1.2b seized from suspected criminals
The Government could get a financial windfall from the Financial Investigations Division (FID), which is sitting on just over $1.2 billion in cash, money it […]
18 Million Dollars in FID Forfeitures
Forfeiture of US$22,486 from Rogelio Smith on August 14, 2017 at Sutton Street Parish Court On Tuesday April 3, 2012 Rogelio Smith was stopped at […]
Lawyers will have to bow – DPP believes POCA compliance inevitable
Director of Public Prosecutions Paula Llewellyn is of the view that the pushback from the legal fraternity notwithstanding, its members would have to comply eventually […]
FID wants criminal proceeds shared with Justice System
Financial fraud expert Robin Sykes is suggesting that a portion of the criminal proceeds confiscated by the State be given to Jamaica’s under-resourced courts and […]
Legal Scoop | Words Aplenty When Lawyers Clash – Jamaican Bar Association Vs Attorney General And GLC
The lawyers through the Jamaican Bar Association are contending that the provisions under The Proceeds of Crimes Act (POCA), as they touch and concern attorneys-at-law, […]