Overview
- Attorney General Anil Nandlall said a formal U.S. request this week prompted the arrests of Azruddin Mohamed and his father, Nazar.
- The pair were taken in handcuffs to Georgetown’s magistrates’ court as extradition proceedings commence.
- A U.S. grand jury in the Southern District of Florida alleges a US$50 million gold export and tax-evasion scheme involving wire and mail fraud, money laundering, and customs violations.
- We Invest in Nationhood won 16 of 65 seats in the Sept. 1 election, leaving Mohamed’s ability to take up an opposition leadership role uncertain before parliament reconvenes on Nov. 3.
- Family members and party officials criticized the arrest tactics, and any extradition decision can be contested in Guyanese courts with appeals reaching the Caribbean Court of Justice.