Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU)
Suspicious transactions in banks
The number of suspicious transactions rose 65% year-on-year to 14,106 in FY23
There is no alternative to tightening financial regulation
BFIU must be empowered to do more to prevent money laundering
Nearly 22,000 MFS accounts blocked for hundi, online gambling
The BFIU says in a meeting with commercial bankers
BFIU seeks account details of Tritiyo Matra presenter Zillur Rahman
Zillur is also the executive director of the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS)
Why delay probing money launderers?
Investigators sitting on information about Dubai real estate purchase despite HC order
Stop property flight
Why isn’t the govt doing more to stop property purchases abroad through illegal means?
230 accounts of MFS providers frozen for hundi
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) yesterday froze 230 accounts of several mobile financial service providers as the accountholders were allegedly involved in hundi.
E-orange founder, her relatives bought assets with customers’ money
She took advance payment from customers luring them with hefty discounts and then purchased a plot and flat with over Tk 9 crore. Her relatives also purchased property with the customers’ money.
Bangladesh Bank says BFIU repeatedly sought info on money launderers from Swiss banks
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) repeatedly sought information from countries including Switzerland on money laundered by Bangladeshis, Bangladesh Bank has said.
Jubo League chief’s bank info sought
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit yesterday asked banks and non-bank financial institutions to provide it with information on all accounts of Jubo League Chairman Mohammad Omar Faruque Chowdhury.
Double punishment for money launderers
The cabinet endorses draft of the proposed change to money laundering prevention law with a provision of double punishment for offenders.
