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| Lie detector tests for Guyanese customs officers |
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| Thursday, 08 May 2008 | |
 Guyanese
President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that all members of the Customs
Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) must undergo polygraph tests.Mr. Jagdeo told a news conference that the results will decide the future of ranks of the Unit. The government has contracted a United States firm to conduct the tests. CANU has been criticised for being ineffective and weak and corruption is said to be rampant. The unit has also been unable to stop the flow of cocaine being trafficked in and out of the country. For the past few years the US International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) has cited Guyana as a transit point for cocaine destined for North America, Europe and the rest of the Caribbean. |