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The Private Sector Commission (PSC) on Tuesday said it had no problem with the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) investigating alleged corruption in that law enforcement agency, despite calls in other quarters for an independent probe. “SOCU was designed, in 0ur view, to be that source to do police investigation and other investigation as it was ...

The Guyana Police Force’s Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) would be investigating alleged financial improprieties by Assistant Police Commissioner (ag), Calvin Brutus, amid allegations that he deposited GY$16.5 million into his Guyana Police Credit Union account, a senior government official said Friday night. The source said Mr Brutus, who had been performing the functions of a Deputy Police Commissioner, would ...

The Guyana Police Force says its anti-financial crimes Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) secured the conviction of a gold smuggler and a former official of the state-owned Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB). Vibert Marks was found guilty and fined a total $120,000 on Thursday, February 6, after he was charged with exporting gold without a license and attempting to bribe ...