Multiple letters have been sent to Swiss banks to find out information about money laundering: Bangladesh Bank

Bangladesh Bank Executive Director Sirajul Islam said that all initiatives have been taken to collect money laundering information, he said that the Swiss bank has also been sent several times to ask for the information about keeping money in Swiss banks.

He said this while talking to the journalist on Thursday (August 11) afternoon.

He said that Bangladesh Bank can know the information of money outside the country through a banking channel but if money is outside the country, Bangladesh Bank cannot know that information.

Earlier, the High Court has asked to know what steps the government and ACC have taken regarding the money that Bangladeshis have deposited or smuggled illegally in Swiss banks.

The dual bench of the High Court led by Justice Nazrul Islam Talukder and Justice Khizir Hayat on Thursday asked the ACC and the state party to ask the question of the amount of money that was smuggled into the Switch Bank and what steps the government and ACC have taken in this regard.

The state party or the ACC could not immediately give any information to the court in this regard, so the ACC and the state have been directed to inform the High Court what steps have been taken in this regard by next Sunday.

Incidentally, Switzerland is not a paradise for black money, Switzerland Ambassador to Bangladesh Nathalie Chuward said at the National Press Club on Wednesday (August 10) at the Decab talk at the National Press Club that Bangladesh did not ask for anyone's information about depositing money in Swiss banks.