DHAKA: The Anti Corruption Commission Chairman M Badiuzzaman has gone to the USA to hold meetings with Attorney General, lawyers and economic crime specialists on various issues including bringing back the money that were laundered during the tenure of last three governments.

Besides holding bilateral meetings from Monday to Saturday, M Badiuzzaman will also attend an international seminar on ‘Asset Recovery Pending Issues’.

ACC sources said the chairman reached at London on last week from where he went to Washington DC of US on Sunday.

Meanwhile, ACC Commissioner (investigation) Dr Nasir Uddin also went to London on Monday to attend the ‘International Growth Conference’ and will hold bilateral meetings with the lawyers who are well versed in money laundering laws.

Hundreds of crores of taka were laundered in Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, USA and in various islands of UK during the tenures of last three governments.

ACC has managed to bring back Tk 21 crore from Singapore that was laundered by Khaleda Zia’s younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and filed cases against former Health Minister Dr Khandaker Mosharraf, Destiny Group and various other organizations and persons on allegation of siphoning off.

ACC Commissioner Nasir Uddin will return on September 27 and Chairman M Badiuzzaman on October 1.

BDST: 0925 HRS, SEP 23, 2014