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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]
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 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).
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.
Today, most financial institutions globally, and many non-financial institutions, are required to identify and report transactions of a suspicious nature to the financial intelligence unit in the respective country. For example, a bank must verify a customer's identity and, if necessary, monitor transactions for suspicious activity.
Financial intelligence (FININT) is the gathering of information about the financial affairs of entities of interest, to understand their nature and capabilities, and predict their intentions. Generally the term applies in the context of law enforcement and related activities.
It works with the Anti-Money Laundering Department of Bangladesh Bank. [20] In October 2014, Md Belal Uddin from Tax Appellate Tribunal was appointed director general of Central Intelligence Cell. [21] In 2015, the director of Central Intelligence Cell Alamgir Hossain was elected secretary general of Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation ...
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 ...