71 letters from ACC abroad asking for laundered money
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Dhaka: The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has so far sent 71 Mutual Legal Assistance Requests (MLARs) to various countries seeking the return of laundered money. Of these, 27 MLARs have been responded to by the agency.
A four-member delegation from the European Union (EU) met with ACC officials on Tuesday (October 1). After the meeting, the Director General of the ACC Akter Hossain informed this information.
He said, from Bangladesh, money laundering is more common in America, Canada, Switzerland, Malaysia and Singapore. ACC sent 71 letters seeking information on money laundering and received only 27 responses.
The delegation of the European Union has assured maximum cooperation to the ACC in any issue including prevention of money laundering, he said, how the ACC can get cooperation to bring back the money that has been smuggled, was discussed in the meeting.
Since the interim government led by Dr. Yunus took charge, the ACC has started working very vigorously to recover the money laundered during the Sheikh Hasina government. The organization has already met with the FBI, World Bank and UNODC.
