Task force for recovering money laundered abroad restructured
BB governor to head the taskforce instead of attorney general
The government on Sunday (29 September) restructured a task force formed to recover money that has been laundered abroad.
The nine-member team will be headed by the Bangladesh Bank governor. It will be operational with immediate effect, said a finance ministry notification.
Previously in January last year, a task force was headed by the attorney general and formed by the ousted Awami League government.
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The newly formed task force will have representatives from various units, including the foreign affairs ministry, financial institutions division, law ministry, Anti-Corruption Commission, the attorney general's office, customs intelligence and Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit, it added.
Earlier on 5 September, Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed disclosed that the task force was being formed by the interim government.
"Since the interim government took over, numerous programmes have been implemented and measures have been taken to address defaulted loans," he had said.
