Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, SC, has been appointed deputy chairman of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) at the plenary session in El Salvador on Thursday. A statement said Attorney General Martinez Gonzalez, of El Salvador, who assumed the chairmanship of the organisation at the meeting, expressed eagerness to collaborate with Ramlogan on the leadership of the organisation.
Ramlogan was unanimously elected and is expected to take over the reins of leadership as chairman in November 2015. “The CFATF plays a critical role in promoting regional compliance with the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards on anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism,” the release said.
The organisation comprises 27 countries from South and Central America and the Caribbean, with a total population of approximately 80 million people. These countries include Venezuela, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Belize and the Cayman Islands. CFATF is responsible for monitoring and evaluating member states in an effort to achieve compliance.
In his remarks Ramlogan said the Government of T&T was committed to the eradication of money laundering and terrorism as evidenced by recent legislative measures undertaken and continued hosting of the CFATF headquarters for the secretariat in Port-of-Spain since 1992.