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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. [5] Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering recommended the government to form the unit. [6]
National Security Intelligence is headed by a Director General (D.G.), who is a Secretary of Bangladesh Government or two-star military officer from Bangladesh Army. The key posts of this organization are Director, Additional Director, Joint Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Director.
The Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) is the main military intelligence outfit, responsible for intelligence gathering for all military purposes. [3] The DGFI also includes subdivisions specifically serving the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force, but the agency itself is distinct and unified for all military intelligence functions.
The Special Branch (SB) is an intelligence agency of Bangladesh Police, being a part of the Bangladeshi intelligence community. [1] [2] The chief of the SB has the rank of Additional Inspector General, equivalent to Secretary or Major General, Additional Inspector General of Bangladesh Police, is the current head of Special Branch.
The Directorate sued Grameen Bank for VAT evasion of 670 million BDT. [15] It secured 5.2 million BDT from Alesha Mart after completing an audit of the company. [16] In November 2021, VAT Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Directorate fined Danish Foods Limited, a subsidiary of Partex Group for evading 34.6 million BDT in VAT. [17]
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]
The Institute of Bankers was registered on the 6 February 1973 as an association under the Societies Registration Act, 1660 (Act No. XXI of 1660). [2] Before that some eminent bankers and other professionals decided, in a meeting held on 26 July 1972, to establish the institute as a professional body of banks and financial institutions in Bangladesh.
On 15 October 2017, the directorate seized 12 gold bars and arrested two including an employee of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. [24] World Bank surrendered two cars to Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate after it sought information on 16 cars the organization imported. [25] The World Bank handed over another car a few days later. [26]