Bangladesh: FIU sought illegal money information from Swiss banks repeatedly

DHAKA, 14 August 2022, (TON): Bangladesh Bank said “Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit repeatedly sought information from different countries including Switzerland about money laundered by Bangladeshis.”

Md Serajul Islam, executive director and spokesperson of BB, said “I have nothing to say anything about the statement of the Swiss Ambassador. But the BFIU repeatedly sought information from different countries on various issues, including illegal money transactions from Bangladesh.”

All kinds of initiatives were taken to collect information about money laundering from the country, he said adding that the BFIU, the country’s financial intelligence agency, has also sent several letters to the Swiss banks.

Sirajul Islam said: “Whenever we need to collect information, the BFIU collects information from everywhere as the BFIU is a member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units, an international network of FIUs.”

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