Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader yesterday said Bangladesh seems to have become a paradise for money launderers.
In a statement, he also demanded that a list of those who are siphoning off money abroad be published.
“A vested quarter is making money illegally and again siphoning it off abroad. As if Bangladesh is now a paradise for the money launderers,” he said.
Referring to a report of Global Financial Integrity (GFI), the Jatiya Party chief said Tk 64,000 crore is being siphoned off on an average every year from the country.
According to the data of the GFI, he said Tk 320,000 crore has been laundered from the country in five years from 2009 to 2015 while Tk 4.5 lakh crore in just six years.
“Of this, more than Tk 1 lakh crore has been siphoned off in 2015 alone.”
As per media reports, GM Quader said thousands of crores of taka are being laundered from the country every year to 10 countries, including Singapore, Malaysia, Canada, the US, the UK, Switzerland, the UAE and Thailand.
