money laundering

Aziz co-op society chairman amassed Tk 300cr from customer's deposit: CID

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) files a case against the chairman of Aziz Co-operative Commerce and Finance Credit Society Limited, M Tajul Islam, for allegedly embezzling Tk 300 crore of customers and on charge of money laundering.
14 July 2019, 07:39 AM

HC wants list of loan defaulters by June 24

The High Court orders Bangladesh Bank authorities to submit a list of borrowers with more than Tk 1 crore in default loans by June 24.
16 May 2019, 12:15 PM

No mercy to killers, money-launderers: PM

Hinting at BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman who is hiding in London, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina here says the killers and money-launderers must be punished.
9 May 2019, 15:08 PM

ACC seeks to freeze Tarique’s money in UK bank

The Anti-Corruption Commission submitted a petition to a Dhaka court, seeking permission to freeze £59,341 deposited in Santander
18 April 2019, 21:19 PM

ACC files plea challenging Farmers Bank MD’s bail

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) challenges the February 13 order of a metropolitan magistrate that granted bail to former Farmers Bank Managing Director and CEO, Chowdhury Mustaque Ahmed in a case filed over embezzling Tk 29 crore from the bank.
11 March 2019, 12:11 PM

Maldives court orders arrest of former president over alleged corruption

A court in the Maldives orders the arrest and detention of former president Abdulla Yameen on suspicion of money laundering.
18 February 2019, 14:14 PM

ACC’s money laundering cases get 100pc conviction: Chairman

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood says the conviction rate in the money laundering cases filed by the commission was cent percent.
13 February 2019, 12:35 PM

CIID seeks remand of Crescent chairman

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) yesterday sought a five-day remand to quiz MA Kader, chairman of Crescent Leather Products and Crescent Tanneries, in connection with one of the three cases filed over laundering Tk 919 crore in foreign currencies.
4 February 2019, 18:00 PM

Tk 919cr Laundering: Court denies bail to Crescent Leather chair

A Dhaka court yesterday rejected a petition seeking bail for MA Kader, chairman of Crescent Leather Products and Crescent Tanneries, and sent him to jail in connection with one of the three cases filed over laundering Tk 919 crore in foreign currencies.
31 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Tk 919cr Laundering: Crescent group boss arrested

Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) yesterday arrested the chairman of Crescent Leather Products and Crescent Tanneries, MA Kader, in connection with three separate cases filed over laundering a total of Tk 919 crore in foreign currencies.
30 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Plug the avenues of money laundering

Global Financial Integrity (GFI) brought out a report recently that provides country-level estimates of the illicit flows of money into and out of 148 developing and emerging countries and is based on International Monetary Fund (IMF) data.
29 January 2019, 18:00 PM

Indian court declares tycoon Vijay Mallya a ‘fugitive economic offender’

A court in India set up under anti-money laundering laws declares Indian liquor and aviation tycoon Vijay Mallya a “fugitive economic offender” today, paving the way for the government to seize his assets.
5 January 2019, 12:31 PM

DNC scrutinising financial transaction of drug peddlers

Department of Narcotic Control (DNC) has initiated a move to look into financial transactions of some of the listed drug peddlers to know their presumed involvement in money laundering.
19 November 2018, 06:25 AM

Ex-PM hit with 25 new charges

Malaysian prosecutors yesterday charged former Prime Minister Najib Razak with 21 counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power over hundreds of millions of dollars received in his personal bank account.
20 September 2018, 18:00 PM

'Money Laundering': ACC seeks to bar Falu from leaving country

The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked the Special Branch of Police (SB) to take steps to prevent BNP leader Mosaddak Ali Falu and eight others from leaving the country over allegations of money laundering and illegal offshore investments.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM

'Money Laundering': ACC seeks to bar Falu from leaving country

The Anti-Corruption Commission has asked the Special Branch of Police (SB) to take steps to prevent BNP leader Mosaddak Ali Falu and eight others from leaving the country over allegations of money laundering and illegal offshore investments.
2 August 2018, 18:00 PM

Unsettled Lcs, ghostly import

The Bangladesh Bank has detected some gross violations in foreign exchange transactions that have raised concerns about money laundering.
16 July 2018, 18:00 PM

The hidden dangers of money laundering

Amid Bangladesh's rapidly expanding foreign trade, trade-based money laundering has become a major concern for the banking industry, a recent survey by the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management has found. This includes over- and under-invoicing of goods and services and mis-declaration of goods.
29 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Apan Jewellers owners sued for money laundering

Customs Intelligence files five separate cases against three owners of the Apan Jewellers under Money Laundering Prevention Act with different police stations in Dhaka.
12 August 2017, 14:31 PM

Swiss banks, second home and "Begum Palli"

In the wake of the reports that there has been year on year increase in the amount of deposits of Bangladeshi account holders in Swiss banks,
14 July 2017, 18:00 PM