Dear Editor,
The country should be careful of companies that seek to invest or are given huge or any contracts in our country that will attract attention from Washington for money laundering.
Some companies are on the American watch list for money laundering and drug trafficking. They hardly have a track record of accomplishment. No one knows their real business. They come to Guyana to avoid the American radar to wash money through legitimate business. They team up with crooked partners. They are washing bad money. They choose Guyana with willing partners to legalize ill gotten gains especially from Venezuela. Are government functionaries part of any deal? Is the USA government aware of any deal between corrupt politicians and foreign or local companies under American watch?
One foreign company, in partnership with another foreign company, was given two huge contracts worth some US$1.8 billion. One of the companies has Venezuelan connection with money that was invested in a bank in Puerto Rico. The other company has ties in the Dominican Republic with a bank of unknown source of income. For some strange reason, a Dominican Republic company gets major contracts. Both companies are under American monitoring.
Our government must be circumspect in choosing contractors for major projects so that we don’t unwittingly become agents of an international money laundering scheme.
Yours truly,
Zainool Ally
