Bangladesh’s Central Intelligence Cell (CIC) under the National Board of Revenue has uncovered Tk 40,000 crore worth of assets laundered abroad by Bangladeshis, CIC Director General Ahsan Habib has revealed. In a briefing to the Chief Adviser, Habib said investigations conducted since January across seven cities in five countries revealed 346 properties purchased with laundered money. Additionally, 352 foreign passports acquired by Bangladeshis through financial transactions have been identified in nine countries. “This is only a partial picture,” Habib said, adding that CIC is working with over six international organizations to recover the assets and prosecute those involved. He accused the previous government of concealing such information, stressing that efforts to recover the stolen wealth are underway.