Seized Assets committee set up

SEVEN members of the Seized Assets Advisory Committee were given their instruments of appointment on Wednesday by National Security Minister Stuart Young.

The Cabinet-appointed committee has a mandate to advise on the use of funds from the Seized Assets Fund. Its power is granted under Part III of the Proceeds of Crime Act Chapter 11:27.

The seized assets are to be used for community development, drug abuse treatment, rehabilitation projects and law enforcement.

The brief presentation ceremony took place at the Ministry of National Security in Port of Spain.

The seven, listed in a media release from the ministry, are:

Chairman: Joycelyn Thomas-Vialmosa

Acting Deputy Comptroller of Accounts, Ministry of Finance

Cheryl-Ann St Louis-Felix, research officer II, Ministry of National Security

Riad Juman, Customs and Excise collector, Ministry of Finance

Lyra Thompson-Hollingsworth, co-ordinator, National Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Programme (NADAPP), Ministry of Health

Lionel Sampson, supervisor, Ministry of Sport and Community Development

Supt Wendell Lucas

Vyanna Sharma, head, Anti-Terrorism Unit, Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs.