Gold Smuggling in Guyana Used to Launder Money

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Monday, January 1, 1996
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
12
Issue: 
1
1
Abstract: 
On November 27, 1995, Kellawan Lall, political advisor to Guyana President Cheddi Jagan, announced that the Guyanese government is cooperating with the United States Government and receiving technical assistance in the investigation of a gold-smuggling operation between Guyana and the U.S. that is linked to a multi-million-dollar scheme to launder drug money from South American countries. In a separate but related initiative, Guyana has established anti-smuggling squads on its Surinam and Venezuela borders...(more)