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A new integrated office space has been opened for the island’s financial law enforcement services, bringing them together under one roof for the first time.
Marie Randall House on Upland Road is named after the first female politician in Guernsey, and was opened by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB CBE this week.
The teams now working out of it include the Financial Intelligence Unit which monitors money laundering and terrorist financing, the Economic Crime Unit of the States’ lawyers and the fledgling Economic & Financial Crime Bureau which enforces and investigates crimes.
A fresh refurbishment of the office has been paid for using cash from the seized asset fund, and the States expects more savings by ditching two other office spaces and allowing closer collaboration between the three agencies.
This includes the Bureau’s former site on Mignot Plateau.
Pictured: Deputy Rob Prow has political oversight for law enforcement.
Home Affairs President Deputy Rob Prow said: “Having robust services in this area is vital to support Guernsey’s financial services industry and to ensure we meet our international standards.
“The building is bringing together all of the hard work this Committee has done in partnership with Policy & Resources and the island’s other anti-money laundering authorities to strengthen the island’s ability to combat financial crime in recent years.
“It brings the new Economic & Financial Crime Bureau together with the FIU and other, similar, services to create what will essentially be the hub for the island’s fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorism and countering of proliferation financing.”
Pictured (top): His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Lieutenant General Richard Cripwell CB CBE cutting the ribbon.
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