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Bangladesh Scandal Exposes Britain’s Role in Global Illicit Finance

Koos Couvée
Europe Editor

Law firms, credit providers and foreign-headquartered banks in London helped Bangladeshi elites now accused of corruption acquire tens of millions of pounds of real estate in the capital and elsewhere in Britain, records reviewed by ACAMS moneylaundering.com show. In June, the National Crime Agency, or NCA, froze £185 million worth of local residences owned by ex-Bangladeshi Land Minister Saifuzzaman Chowdhury amid a broader investigation into suspected acts of fraud, embezzlement, money laundering and other crimes involving high-profile businessmen and politicos linked to ex-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Al Jazeera linked several parties in London last year to Chowdhury's purchase of more...

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