71 letters from ACC abroad to return money laundered

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has so far sent 71 Mutual Legal Assistance Requests (MLARs) to repatriate money laundered abroad. Of these, 27 MLARs have been responded to by the agency.

A four-member delegation of the European Union (EU) held a meeting with ACC officials on Tuesday (October 1). At the end of the meeting, Director General of the ACC. Akter Hossain informed this information. 

In response to a question, the ACC Director General said that 71 Mutual Legal Assistance Requests (MLARs) have been sent so far to bring back money laundered abroad. Till date 27 MLARs have been answered. I will provide the exact information about the money laundered later. Today we spoke to the delegation of the European Union and sought their cooperation in this regard.

He said, we presented the obstacles to the investigation and investigation work of the ACC before the delegation of the European Union. We have asked them to cooperate in bringing back the money to the countries where the money was laundered from Bangladesh. In the meeting, we mentioned the names of the countries where the money was laundered, hoping that they would cooperate with us in bringing back the laundered money from those countries.

Today in Bangladesh, a team comprising Michel Kreja, Program Manager Pablo Padin Perez, Nader Tanza and Kishwar Amin met at the EU Cooperation Department in Bangladesh. 

Meanwhile, ACC Chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah and Secretary Khorseda Yasmin, ACC Director General Md. A team consisting of Akhtar Hossain, Director Abdullah Al Zahid and Gholam Shahriar attended the meeting on behalf of the organization.

According to ACC sources, the delegation was informed about the activities of the Anti-Corruption Commission in the meeting. In addition, the European Union's cooperation in enhancing the capacity of the Anti-Corruption Commission, especially in the prevention of money laundering and the recovery of smuggled assets, was discussed in detail. The delegation of the European Union expressed its commitment to fully cooperate with the Anti-Corruption Commission.

Earlier, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), World Bank and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have held meetings with the ACC on various issues including the return of smuggled money.

The meetings focused on investigation of allegations of corruption, especially money laundering, cybercrime, forensic analysis in the investigation of financial transactions, trade-based, money laundering, interrogation techniques of criminals, asset recovery, financial crimes committed through information technology, mutual legal assistance, exchange of information and other issues.