BFIU has written to various countries to recover the laundered money

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published 30 August, Friday, 2024 23:57:17
BFIU has written to various countries to recover the laundered money

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The interim government has started working to find the illegal wealth of influential people in the country and abroad. In the meantime, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) has written to various countries to recover the money. Besides, the organization is trying to seize the local assets of the traffickers. The government is contacting various foreign organizations for the help of the money embezzlers in acquiring the local assets and recovering the laundered money. Yesterday, an official of BFIU said that letters have been sent to several countries asking for information about the top groups of the country including the controversial S Alam, Summit, Bashundhara, Orion, NASA in the financial sector. And letters have been sent to some countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, asking for specific information. The work of verifying the amount of money taken out from the banks held by the influential is also underway. Another official of the organization said that the BFIU has partial information about the money laundering of the owners of the group of companies in question. More detailed information is now in progress. Letters have already been sent to various countries. Legal action will be recommended after receiving information about them. Although it takes time to bring back the money, all the organizations of the country are trying hard together. Hope it brings benefits.

Meanwhile, the chief adviser of the interim government. Muhammad Yunus told the media that during the rule of Sheikh Hasina government, some dishonest businessmen and influential people embezzled and smuggled money in the name of anonymous loans. And the governor of the central bank. Ahsan H Mansoor said in a briefing that S Alam is the first person in the history of the world, who systematically robbed a bank. I don’t know if anyone in the world has robbed a bank like this. The depositor’s money will be returned by selling the assets held in his name. No one should buy the assets of S Alam Group at this time.

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