Finance and trade adviser Dr. indicating that technical assistance will be taken from Washington to bring back the money smuggled out of the country. Salehuddin Ahmed said, there is already a task force on money laundering and talks have been held with the governor. This will require some technical assistance. He went to Washington, so are we. will be brought from there. So it is our priority. It is being worked on.
He said these things in response to a question from journalists after the meeting of the advisory council committee on government procurement at the secretariat on Sunday (October 20).
Leaders of many political parties held a meeting with the Chief Adviser, where they demanded the formation of a commission to bring back the laundered money. What has it decided? When questioned by reporters, the finance adviser said, there is already a task force on money laundering and talks have been held with the governor. So it is our priority. It is being worked on.
He said, he has given various information about the smuggled money, where he has done it….
When asked whether there is a need to form a commission, he said, “I will not say anything about forming a commission.” Already made a task force. There is also a national committee for this. When the commission is formed, talk to me and see what they say.
In response to how many days he can return, he said that it cannot be said. The work has already started. It’s been so many years, you’re asking me now about your sudden return. Actively working has started.
After the import of eggs, there has been relief in the egg market, but there is no relief in the vegetable market – the advisor said that vegetables are seasonal, there will be relief in the vegetable market. All will be relieved. The market is not getting relief, we are trying to supply as much as possible. In open market we are giving, TCB is giving, separately. Apart from TCB doing agriculture marketing. There are some private organizations doing it on their own initiative. They are doing it in their own way, we are also encouraging them.
A coordinator said that you have failed to break the syndicate – when asked by journalists, Salehuddin Ahmed said, I will not say anything about failure, success.
Meanwhile, the task force formed to bring back money laundered from the country was reconstituted on September 29. Bangladesh Bank Governor has been appointed as the President of the reconstituted task force.
The task force chaired by the Governor has as its members the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Financial Institutions, Department of Law and Justice, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Anti-Corruption Commission, Criminal Investigation Department, Office of the Attorney General, Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation, One competent representative each from National Board of Revenue and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit.
The scope of work of this task force has also been defined. Its work will be to identify the money or assets smuggled abroad from Bangladesh and provide cooperation to the concerned parties in the investigation, to identify and remove obstacles in the quick completion of the proceedings filed to recover the smuggled assets, to take initiatives to bring the assets smuggled abroad back to Bangladesh. Taking necessary initiatives for the management of receiving, confiscating or recovered assets, obtaining contact information with related domestic and foreign organizations and increasing the capacity of related parties to recover smuggled assets and making internal coordination.
Bangladesh Bank Deputy Governor Zakir Hossain Chowdhury will coordinate the tasks of the task force and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit will provide necessary support to the task force.
Before this, the government formed a task force on May 5, 2022. It was later reconstituted on 15 January 2023. The reconvened task force was convened by the Attorney General on January 15, 2023. Its members were Chief Officer of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, a Commissioner of Bangladesh Security and Exchange Commissioner, Director General of Prime Minister’s Office, Director General of Anti-Corruption Commission (Money Laundering), Joint Secretary of Central Bank Branch of Financial Institutions Department, Joint Secretary of Public Security Department of Ministry of Home Affairs, Law and Justice Department. , Joint Secretary of Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Director General of Central Intelligence Cell of National Board of Revenue, Director General of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate of National Board of Revenue, Director General of Legal Affairs of Ministry of External Affairs, Special Superintendent of Police (Financial Crime) of CID, Executive of Foreign Exchange Policy Department of Bangladesh Bank director Member Secretary was Deputy Chief Officer of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit.
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