Bangladesh improves by 5-point in anti-money laundering index

Bangladesh has achieved remarkable success in combating money laundering and terror financing, improving its position by five points, according to the Basel Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index-2023.

Bangladesh Bank issued a notification in this regard on Monday (November 20).

The global index of a Switzerland-based organization said Hayti, Chad, Myanmar and Congo are the most risky countries, while Iceland is the least risky country for money laundering and terror financing.

In the index, the United States of America (USA) ranked 119 and the United Kingdom ranked 140.