Staff Reporter
Bangladesh will join the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIU), an international network of FIUs of 106 countries, to recover funds that were illegally deposited in foreign banks by politicians, officials and businessmen suspected of corruption.
The decision was taken at a meeting of the government taskforce on the repatriation of money siphoned off by corruption suspects. Salehuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh Bank Governor and also convener of the taskforce chaired the meeting. [Read more]