Bangladesh has been re-elected the member of Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG) steering committee from South Asian region for 2011-12.
A Bangladesh Bank (BB) press release yesterday said Bangladesh was the APG steering committee member representing South Asia also in 2010-11. BB Deputy Governor Ziaul Hasan Siddiqui represented Bangladesh.
APG is a regional organisation for Asia-Pacific region for developing cooperation among the member states and preventing money laundering and terror financing.
APG was established in 1997, and at present 41 countries of Asia-Pacific region are its members while five countries and 224 international organisations are working as its observers.
Bangladesh was re-elected as the steering committee member at APG’s annual meeting in India on July 18-22.
-With The Daily Star input
