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ACC officials being trained in specialized crimes: Chairman
DHAKA, June 24, 2018 (BSS) – Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Iqbal Mahmood said today training in
specialized crimes is being given to its officials to make them capable of dealing with such crimes skillfully.
“Officials of the commission are now being given training in specialized crimes such as money laundering and cyber
crime both at home and abroad with the assistance of UNODC so that they can conduct inquiry, investigation and
prosecution of those crimes properly,” he told a meeting with a delegation of UNODC at ACC headquarters here.
Independent Evaluator of UNDOC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) Pierre Robert took part a view-exchange
meeting with the ACC officials.
Iqbal Mahmood welcomed Robert at the commission office and informed him about the measures taken by the ACC to check
corruption which he described as the main challenge to continue the huge success gained in financial and social indexes
of Bangladesh.
ACC commissioner AFM Aminul Islam said that the commission has been relentlessly working to stop corruption to pave
the way of development.
Robert said his organization UNDOC usually helps providing training and making reform in laws to prevent corruption
related crimes.
The UNODC official has called for giving importance on financial intelligence and asset recovery.
Among others, ACC Secretary Dr Md Shamsul Arefin, Director General (DG-legal) Md Maidul Islam, DG (special
investigation) Md Joynul Bari, DG (money laundering) Md Atikur Rahman Khan and DG (admin) Mohammad Munir Chowdhury
attended the meeting.
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