The government is considering to bring human trafficking under the money laundering law.
It would then be taken as a crime subject to incorporation in the law.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith, who heads the national coordination committee on anti-money laundering, is supposed to chair a meeting scheduled to be held on November 23 to discuss the issue.
The meeting will also discuss another proposal to involve police in both investigation and the trial process of money laundering cases, besides the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC).
An official of the banking division said: “We are now examining the issue how migrant trafficking can be incorporated.”
Trafficking of women and children are incorporated among 28 types of offences under the existing law promulgated in 2012.
Corruption, bribery, counterfeiting currency, counterfeiting deeds and documents, extortion, fraud, forgery, illegal trade of fire arms, illegal trade of drugs and illegal trade of stolen goods are other major offences.
Meanwhile, punishment for money laundering offences would be imprisonment for a term not less than six months and not exceeding seven years. In addition, property involved in the offence shall be forfeited in favour of the state.
The Bank and Financial Institution Division had earlier decided to incorporate human trafficking as offence after a rise in international rackets transporting overseas job seekers from Bangladesh to East Asian countries, including Malaysia and Thailand, illegally through the Bay of Bengal.
