Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has found Taka 40,000 crore assets, which were built in different countries of the world by siphoning off money from Bangladesh.
The stolen assets were found by conducting searches in seven cities of five countries since January this year, CIC Director General Ahsan Habib told Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus here today.
NBR Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan and the CIC Director General disclosed this information to the Chief Adviser at the State Guest House Jamuna here.
Besides, 352 passports were found in nine countries, which were acquired by some Bangladeshis in exchange of money.
The countries are Antigua and Barbuda, Austria, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, North Macedonia, Malta, Saint Lucia and Turkey.
Ahsan Habib said after initial preparations based on information received from various sources, CIC detectives visited the countries on the spots and collected detailed information in this regard.
Noting that further investigations are underway, he said, “So far, 346 properties have been found that were built by laundering money from Bangladesh in the name of individuals and organisations. This is a partial picture of our investigation.”বিস্তারিত