News Suriname Banks: New report highlights Dutch central bank’s links to slavers and the slave trade
Published on: Wednesday 09 February 2022
News source: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/02/new-report-highlights-dutch-central-banks-links-to-slavers-and-the-slave-trade/
The research showed that the bank was involved in slavery in three ways. Part of its start-up capital came from business owners with direct interests in plantation slavery in the Atlantic region, for ...
News Suriname Banks: Former central bank employee jailed
Published on: Monday 31 January 2022
News source: https://www.entornointeligente.com/01/02/2022/former-central-bank-employee-jailed-2/
A judge on Monday sentenced the former head of the legal department of the Central Bank of Suriname (CBvS), Faranaaz Hausil, to three years in jail on corruption related charges. Judge Maytrie Kuldip ...
News Suriname Banks: Suriname courts convict second former governor
Published on: Wednesday 02 February 2022
News source: https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/governance/accountability/7926111/suriname-courts-convict-second-former-governor
A Surinamese court has convicted Robert-Gray van Trikt, governor of the central bank from 2019 to 2020, of money laundering and corruption-related charges. The court sentenced van Trikt to eight years ...
