Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 45583

Bangladesh: Corruption and Money Laundering

Tabled: 17 April 2025
Answered: 29 April 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his Bangladeshi counterpart on the potential impact of (a) corruption and (b) money laundering on the economy of that country.

Answer

Catherine West
The UK is committed to assisting investigative, prosecuting and judicial authorities in combating international crime. Whilst we cannot comment on any individual asset recovery cases, we have robust illicit finance legislation and instruments which can be...

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