THE BAHAMAS ATTORNEY GENERAL SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT

Wayne Munroe answered questions by the press about the meaning of the meeting that took place between U S authorities and Bahamian authorities in Washington D C on 18 September 2026 that were misinterpreted publicly by the U S Ambassador in The Bahamas. The report was in The Tribune 25 September 2026 by Leandra Rolle:

Mr Munroe said every country has laws and procedures that must be respected and suggested there was no reason for US officials to be “overly defensive” about the government raising concerns with the US Justice Department.

 “We’re a small country, and you know, all we say is just as it would say we can’t go and do that in the US,” he said. “We can’t go and do that in Turks and Caicos. We can’t go and do that in Jamaica without reference to their police resources. That’s all it said.”

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Mr Munroe said yesterday that coordination between Bahamian and foreign law enforcement produces more effective results because local officers have knowledge that outsiders may not possess.

He said informing Bahamian authorities could also prevent an undercover DEA agent involved in an apparent drug transaction from being arrested or charged by police unaware of the operation.

 “So that is why you don’t operate without reference to local law enforcement,” Mr Munroe said, “but nothing affects our working relationship with them.”

He also rejected suggestions that the undercover operation demonstrated a lack of confidence by US authorities in the Bahamian government, saying the country’s drug enforcement officers are vetted, experienced and subjected to polygraph testing. However, the reliability of polygraph testing is disputed, with the American Psychological Association saying scientific evidence does not support it as a reliably accurate method of detecting deception.

Asked about perceptions that the government was trying to hide something, Mr Munroe responded: “Trying to hide what?”

He pointed to arrests and drug seizures since the Davis administration took office and said the government did not want The Bahamas used as a transhipment point for drugs destined for the United States.

 “We do not want our country to be used as a transhipment point to feed the drug habit of the American public that consumes the drug,” he said. “We do not want that.”

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 “The same things that can be said about corruption in The Bahamas can be mirrored about corruption in the US because it’s received there,” he said, “so we would be receptive to whatever steps the US takes to battle that sort of corruption on their soil.”

 “So, if there’s corruption that permits it to be transhipped through our country, then there must be corruption that permits it to land in the US, aye?”