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The unit was founded as the Anti-Money Laundering Department of Bangladesh Bank in June 2002. The name of the department was changed to Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit on 25 January 2012 through the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2012. [4] Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering recommended the government to form the unit. [5]
The Financial Monitoring Unit (Urdu: مالیاتی نگرانی اکائی, abbreviated as FMU) is the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Pakistan established under the provisions of Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 (Previously Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance, 2007).
Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), a department of Bangladesh Bank, is a member FIU of the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units. Bangladesh Bank is the first central bank in the world to introduce a dedicated hotline (16236) for people to complain about any banking-related problem. [4]
In 2012, Hasan was appointed the head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit. [6] He also served as the Deputy Governor of Bangladesh Bank till his term ended in September 2018. [6] [5] Hassan was appointed the head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit again in October 2018. [6] He was made Chief Executive of the unit. [7]
On 7 October 2024, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) directed all the banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh to freeze the accounts of Summit Group chairman Muhammed Aziz Khan and 11 members of his family, including his brothers. [77] [78]
The national debt of Pakistan (Urdu: قومی قرضہ جاتِ پاکستان), or simply Pakistani debt, is the total public debt, [1] or unpaid borrowed funds carried by the Government of Pakistan, which includes measurement as the face value of the currently outstanding treasury bills (T-bills) that have been issued by the federal government.
A financial intelligence unit (FIU) is a national body or government agency or international organization [1] [2] which collect information on suspicious or unusual financial activity from the financial industry and other entities or professions required to report suspicious transactions, suspected of being money laundering or terrorism financing.
The National Board of Revenue gave the cell the authority to investigate money laundering under the Money Laundering Prevention Act, 2015. [4] In January 2016, Central Intelligence Cell sought information from Central Depository of Bangladesh Limited on bank accounts of noted economist Debapriya Bhattacharya and his wife Irina Bhattacharya. [24]