Tasker released from police custody

The former executive of the Insurance Corporation of Barbados (ICBL), Alex Tasker, has been released from police custody.

This is after the Caribbean Court of Justice dismissed an application for special leave, which paved the way for him to be extradited to the United States on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to launder money.

Mr. Tasker was however released from police custody after the CCJ agreed to an urgent request to hear further interventions

Tasker has been linked to the Donville Inniss case. Inniss, a former Minister of Industry in Barbados, in April 2021 was sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a scheme to launder bribe payments from the Barbados-based insurance company through bank accounts in New York.

A statement from the police follows:

On Tuesday 1st August 2023, Commissioner of Police Mr. Richard Boyce gave a statement to some media houses in respect of the arrest of Mr Alex Tasker. Mr. Tasker’s arrest was subsequent to the initial ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on the matter of Mr. Tasker’s extradition to the USA.

Attorneys at Law representing Mr. Tasker later made an urgent request to the CCJ to hear further interventions. That was agreed to and as a result, all previous legal rulings were stayed pending the outcome of this latest urgent application.

As a direct result, Mr. Tasker was released from police custody last night, (Tuesday 1st August 2023).

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