Former Insurance Executive Alex Tasker is in police custody. It comes a day after the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice denied Mr. Tasker permission to appeal an order that he be extradited to the United States.

This was confirmed by Police Commissioner Richard Boyce in an interview with Starcom Network News.

Mr. Tasker is facing charges in the United States for money laundering and conspiracy to launder money.

Police Commissioner Richard Boyce

Yesterday, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) refused to grant permission to Alex Tasker from Barbados to appeal an order that he be extradited to the United States of America.

The court ruled that there was no arguable case advanced by Mr Tasker which justified the grant of special leave to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision..

On 8 September 2021 Mr Tasker was committed by a Magistrate in Barbados to surrender to the authorities of the United States of America, to face charges in the United States for money laundering and conspiracy to launder money.

The application was determined by CCJ President Justice Adrian Saunders, President, and Justices Jacob Wit and Winston Anderson.

Andrew Pilgrim KC, Douglas Mendes SC and Clay Hackett represented the Tasker and Oliver Thomas, Senior State Counsel and Alliston Seale, Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, represented the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.