Desk Report
Publish: 14 Aug 2022, 02:55 pm
The collage photo of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and High Court (HC)
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on Sunday submitted a report to the High Court (HC) stating that the information regarding deposits of 67 Bangladeshis in various Swiss banks were sought from the authorities concerned of Switzerland.
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) told the High Court (HC) that Information
on the deposits of total 67 Bangladeshis, involved in alleged money laundering,
was sought from the banks in Switzerland.
However,
Swiss authorities only provided the details of one individual, the country's
financial intelligence agency added in its report to the HC following a suo
moto move by the bench of Justice Md Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir
Hayat.
Earlier
on 11 August, the same HC bench asked the BFIU and the Anti-Corruption
Commission (ACC) why they did not seek information about the individual
Bangladeshis who had deposited money in Swiss banks and instructed them to
submit a report on Sunday (14 August).
According
to the report submitted on Sunday morning, BFIU, in a letter, requested its
Swiss counterpart for information on reported money launders and their accounts
in the banks located in Switzerland on 17 June last, reports media.
All
kinds of initiatives were taken to collect information about Bangladeshi money
launderers and several letters were sent to the concerned Swiss banks in this
regard, the report added.
Foreign
Minister AK Abdul Momen, last week, said Bangladesh sought information on the
deposits of Bangladeshi money in the Swiss banks, but the Swiss side did not
respond to the query.
Momen
made the remarks this after his conversation on the issue with Bangladesh Bank
(BB) Governor Abdur Rouf Talukder and Finance Secretary Fatima Yasmin.
The
foreign minister said he advised the governor and the finance ministry to come
up with the statements as confusion arose following some media reports quoting
Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard.
Momen
said it is not true that Bangladesh did not seek information from Switzerland.
Ambassador
of Switzerland to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuard at a DCAB Talk recently said any
estimate on deposits of Bangladeshi money in the Swiss banks is "purely
speculative" and no conclusion can be drawn on the basis of media and
other reports.
Responding
to a question on information exchange on the issue, she said Switzerland is
really committed to implementing international standards.
In
accordance with these international standards they can have some specific
regulations and agreements also with the country to exchange this type of
information, she said.
"So
that is something should be developed," said the ambassador, adding that
they have been providing to the government all the information regarding how to
reach an agreement on these matters but no request has been submitted regarding
any particular funding.
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