Bangladesh Bank (BB) has said Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) repeatedly sought information from different countries including Switzerland about money laundered by Bangladeshis.
In response to a query on Saturday regarding the recent statement of the Swiss Ambassador, Md Serajul Islam, executive director and spokesperson of the central bank came up with the information on Saturday, reports UNB.
“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,” he said.
All kinds of initiatives were taken to collect information about money laundering from the country, he said.
“Whenever we need to collect information, the BFIU collects information from everywhere as it is a member of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), an international network of FIUs,” Serajul added.
He also said, BFIU, the country's financial intelligence agency, has also sent several letters to the Swiss banks.
Earlier on Thursday, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said Bangladesh sought information on the deposits of Bangladeshi money in the Swiss banks but the Swiss side did not respond to the query.
On Wednesday, the Swiss envoy at the DCAB Talk said any estimate on deposits of Bangladeshi money in the Swiss banks is “purely speculative” and no conclusion can be drawn based on media and other reports.
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