Mohammad Shahid Islam alias Kazi Papul CollectedPapul’s arrest embarrassed the people of Bangladesh, says TIB executive directorAlthough many countries have rules and have signed international conventions against money laundering, human trafficking, corruption, and other organized crime, they are only for show, said chief of Transparency International Delia Ferreira Rubio. “So apart from the rules, we need to guarantee enforcement of those rules: proper, timely and effective enforcement,” she said. He lashed out at a few other parliamentarians for allegedly accumulating illegal wealth through corruption and fraud, money laundering, casinos, the illicit drug trade, etc. He indicated that under the Human Trafficking Prevention and Suppression Act 2012, and the Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012, through they could be given the highest punishment, like life imprisonment for human trafficking, and up to twelve years of imprisonment for money laundering. “Are there gaps in legislation, are there gaps in the rules and processes we have, that allow a potential crime.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 12, 2020 16:41 UTC