Head of IMPACS sent on leave pending outcome of audit

CARICOM's Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE) agreed Tuesday to send the executive director of the Caricom Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) on immediate leave pending the outcome of an audit into the agency.

The decision was taken on Tuesday following a CONSLE meeting which discussed a preliminary audit report that was ordered after A Sunday Express investigations made allegations of corruption against Lynne Anne Williams.

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CARICOM's head office in Guyana issued a statement advising that CONSLE has commissioned a special-purpose audit to probe further into the operations of IMPACS.

"The executive director of IMPACS, Ms Lynne Anne Williams, will proceed on leave, with immediate effect, for the duration of the audit.

"Mr Francis Forbes, a former commissioner of police of Jamaica and security adviser to the CARICOM secretary general, and currently adviser Security Crime and Liaison at IMPACS, has been identified to head the agency in the interim," the statement read.