Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today sought Canada’s support to recover money siphoned off from Bangladesh to the North American country.
He said hundreds of billions of dollars were stolen from Bangladesh by oligarchs, cronies, and politicians connected with the Sheikh Hasina dictatorship, and part of it was laundered to Canada, including in buying assets in Toronto’s infamous “Begum Para” neighbourhood.
The chief adviser sought help to identify, freeze, and recover the assets during his meeting with Canadian High Commissioner in Dhaka Ajit Singh at the State guest House Jamuna here.
“They stole money from our people and bought assets in Begum Para. We need your help to recover the assets. It is the money of our people,” Prof Yunus said.
The Canadian envoy appreciated the efforts of the Prof Yunus-led interim government to bring back the stolen money.
He assured Canada’s support in response to the Chief Adviser’s asset recovery efforts, noting that Canada has a “mechanism” to freeze siphoned off money for recovery from persons identified by the interim government to the government of Canada.বিস্তারিত