Bangladesh Central Bank Governor To Work With FCDO to Recover Billions ‘Stolen’ by Hasina Allies – Guido Fawkes

Bangladesh Central Bank Governor To Work With FCDO to Recover Billions ‘Stolen’ by Hasina Allies

Former IMF economist Ahsan Mansur, appointed governor of Bangladesh Bank following the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime, has spoken to Al Jazeera about his mission to recover billions allegedly stolen by individuals connected to Hasina. He is starting in London…

There are 11 specialist teams in the central bank tracking down anywhere up to $25 billion of funds which were laundered from Bangladesh. Mansur says a huge number of assets are in the UK as a “favourite destination,” specifically London. The governor is in talks with the FCDO to arrange for support, which comes after a team of US investigators in Dhaka had their funding (from USAID) cut off. Mansur says Hasina’s regime co-operated in the theft:

“You cannot do that kind of diversion by yourself you had to have the support from the highest level of the government and I’m sure there was some sharing of of the booty.”

PR firm Palatine Media fired a suspect email to all 47 MPs in the APPG on responsible tax and corruption prior to their meeting with Mansur this week attacking the governor and claiming he should face corruption investigations. That effort didn’t work…

Ex-city minister Tulip Siddiq has defended herself in an exchange of letter with the Bangladesh Anti-Corruption Commission. She denies any wrongdoing. The ACC says it will be in touch with Siddiq’s lawyers in “due course”…

The International Anti-Corruption Co-ordination Centre, an arm of the National Crime Agency, is understood to be looking to help with any investigations into corruption from Hasina’s regime and now Mansur asks the FCDO to get involved. The UK’s deep and unfortunate links to the Hasina’s regime mean it cannot stay inactive for long…