Transparency International-US and Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) have urged the United States government to urgently freeze and repatriate illegal assets smuggled out of Bangladesh.
This information was informed in a notification sent to the media on Tuesday (September 10).
According to the notification, in the letter sent to the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Finance Minister Janet Yellen, the heads of the two organizations urgently called on the Bangladesh government to actively cooperate with the governments of the United States and other related countries to ensure the accountability of the owners of illegal wealth and to bring back the smuggled money.
Earlier, on August 30, TIB and four UK-based anti-corruption organizations had sent a letter to the UK Minister of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Development urging him to freeze the illegal assets of Bangladeshis and send back to the country.
In addition, TIB called for initiatives to bring back money smuggled from Bangladesh to various countries of the world, including Switzerland, European Union countries, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates.