Bangladesh - Hasina regime corruption

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Laundered assets in foreign countries to be frozen within six months: BB governor

We are learning and consulting with international law firms and government officials in countries where we suspect large amounts have been laundered. We are also working with asset-tracing firms. Once we gather conclusive evidence, we will take steps to freeze those assets,” he said

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Spotlight on Hasina’s niece in corruption probe​

AFP
August 14, 2025



DHAKA: Bangladesh anti-corruption officials told a court on Wednesday of alleged abuses of power by ousted ex-leader Sheikh Hasina and her family in cases involving her niece, British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq.

Three officials from the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) read out testimonies in three separate cases, over an alleged land grab of lucrative plots in a suburb of the capital Dhaka.

Siddiq, who resigned as British anti-corruption minister in January after being named in probes in Bangladesh into graft accusations, has called the process a “persecution and a farce”, and is not in Bangladesh. ACC lawyer Khan Mohammad Mainul said Siddiq was “lying”.

“We have obtained all the necessary documents, including her correspondence in this matter,” he said.

“We have strong evidence against her.” The cases are in addition to three corruption cases that opened on Monday. Hasina, 77, is named in all.

Hasina’s rule saw widespread human rights abuses, including the mass detention and extrajudicial killing of her political opponents. She fled Bangladesh by helicopter on Aug 5, 2024, after weeks of student-led protests against her autocratic rule.

Published in Dawn, August 14th, 2025

 

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Hasina, who had ruled Bangladesh since 2009, is being investigated there on suspicion of corruption and money laundering. Hasina and her party deny wrongdoing.

Siddiq was named in December as part of Bangladesh’s investigation into whether her family were involved in siphoning off funds from Bangladeshi infrastructure projects.

The anti-corruption commission alleged financial irregularities worth billions of dollars in the awarding of a $12.65 billion nuclear power contract, saying Hasina and Siddiq may have benefited.

After facing further scrutiny over the use of properties in Britain linked to Hasina and her supporters, Siddiq referred herself to the government’s independent ethics adviser.

Siddiq lived in a north London property given to her family in 2009 by Moin Ghani, a Bangladeshi lawyer who has represented Hasina’s government, documents filed with Companies House and the Land Registry show.

She also acquired a separate property in London in 2004, without paying for it, from a developer linked to the Awami League, Hasina’s political party, the Financial Times reported this month.

Hasina fled Bangladesh after being toppled following weeks of protests.

Siddiq’s departure follows the resignation of British transport minister Louise Haigh late last year. Haigh acknowledged a minor criminal offence before she entered government, relating to a mobile phone that she had wrongly reported stolen.