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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).
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]
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]
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.
82 Pakistan. 83 Palestine. 84 Panama. 85 Papua New Guinea. 86 Peru. 87 Philippines. 88 Poland. 89 Portugal. ... Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) Ministry ...
Hassan joined Bangladesh Bank as an assistant director in 1981. [6] 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 ...
The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units is an international organization that facilitates cooperation and intelligence sharing between national financial intelligence units (FIUs) to investigate and prevent money laundering and terrorist financing. National FIUs collect information on suspicious or unusual financial activity and are ...