Illegal assets worth Tk 40,000 crore identified abroad

The Central Intelligence Cell of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found assets worth Tk 40,000 crores built in various countries by laundering money from Bangladesh. This information was found after conducting searches in seven cities of five countries since January this year, CIC Director General Ahsan Habib told Chief Advisor Dr. Muhammad Yunus. On Sunday, NBR Chairman Md. Abdur Rahman Khan and CIC Director General Ahsan Habib presented this information to the Chief Advisor at the State Guest House Jamuna. The CIC Director General said that after initial preparations based on information received from various sources in the country, CIC detectives visited the countries on-site and collected detailed information. Stating that the search is ongoing, he said that so far 346 assets built by laundering money in the names of individuals and organizations from Bangladesh have been found. Instructing the CIC to continue the search work, the chief advisor said that it should go as deep as possible and search should be carried out in more countries as possible. He also said that the government will provide all possible assistance in all possible steps to bring back the country’s assets.