Crime

AG Nandlall to write US Justice Department this week on sanctions against The Mohameds and PS Mae Thomas

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has announced that he will be writing to the US Department of Justice by the end of this week to seek information regarding the recent US sanctions against The Mohameds and their businesses and Permanent Secretary Mae Thomas. Last week the Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh […]

West Demerara porter remanded to jail for murder of wife

27-year-old West Coast Demerara porter, Neldon Neblett, was charged on Wednesday for the murder of his reputed wife Anuradha Khatoon, who worked as a vendor. Neblett is accused of stabbing the woman to death at her Best Village, West Coast Demerara home. He was not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge when […]

Guyana gets praise for fight against human trafficking, but US warns of forced labour by Foreign Governments

The Government of Guyana has been praised by the US State Department for its serious and sustained efforts to fight human trafficking, however the US Government has also issued a warning to Guyana about foreign workers being forced to take up jobs in Guyana by their governments under bilateral programmes. In its 2024 Trafficking in […]

Government to probe and cross reference declarations by all exporters of Gold

The Guyana Government intends to widen its probe of gold smuggling to include all exporters of gold, in wake of the US sanctions against billionaire gold exporters, Nazar and Azruddin Mohamed and Permanent Secretary Mae Thomas. In announcing the sanctions, the US Treasury Department revealed that Azruddin Mohamed and Mohamed’s Enterprise evaded Guyana’s tax on […]