Assets linked to former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have been traced to five countries, including the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong, according to Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam.
He revealed this during a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey Road, Dhaka, on Monday, March 10.
Shafiqul stated that the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) and the Joint Investigation Team uncovered these assets—held illegally both domestically and abroad—during probes into Hasina, her family, and related entities.
The countries involved include the United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands, with a Russian “slush fund” also detected in a Malaysian bank.
Due to its status as a zero-tax regime, the Cayman Islands is considered attractive to those seeking to evade taxes in their home jurisdictions.
The investigation identified 124 bank accounts holding Tk 635.14 crore, 60 katha plots valued at Tk 1.80 crore (per documents) under RAJUK, and eight flats, including 10% land, worth Tk 8.85 crore.
Shafiqul added that six cases of fraud and forgery have been filed, with charge sheets submitted and travel bans imposed on seven family members.
The BFIU has frozen 11 bank accounts containing Tk 5.15 crore and submitted two intelligence reports to the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), along with details of all accounts.