APG has put Bangladesh in low categories in four indicators, but the minister said this was due to information gap that the government has tried to address in its latest report.
Muhith was speaking to reporters yesterday after issuing the final draft of the evaluation report for Asia Pacific Group at Finance Ministry auditorium.
According to APG’s anti-money laundering meeting documents, the evaluation of Bangladesh’s 11 Immediate Outcomes – the criteria for evaluating anti-money laundering and countering terror financing – have resulted in one substandard outcome, six moderate and four low level outcomes.
In this regard, the minister also said some of the immediate outcomes were substandard, but overall immediate outcomes of anti-money laundering activities in the country were good.
“Some of the categories of APG indicators will be negative and we are now working on the matters,” he admitted.
The 2016 APG Annual Meeting and Technical Assistance and Training Forum will be held in San Diego, California, United States from September 5-8.
The government’s draft report also said according to APG there was a coordination problem between the Home Ministry and the Attorney General’s Office in cases of anti-money laundering activities.
In reply to a query, Muhith said there was no lack of coordination between the two.
In reply to another question, the minister said it was not true that the performance of courts was bad in terms of settling anti-money laundering cases and there were no delays in anti-money laundering cases.
Regarding gold smuggling, he said due to strong vigilance by the government security agencies, the smuggling of gold through the airports and border areas had come down to zero.
Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering postponed its 19th annual general meeting due to the terror attack in Dhaka’s Ghulsan. It was scheduled to be held on July 23-28 in Dhaka.
Thursday, June 04, 2026
