Jun.20, 2010

Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd (DBBL) has organized a day-long workshop on Money Laundering Prevention Act-2009 and Anti Terrorism Act-2009 on Saturday held at the Bank's Training Centre in the city. Md. Yeasin AIi, Managing Director of DBBL was present as the Chief Guest and inaugurated the workshop while Md. Eskandar Miah, Deputy General Manager, Money Laundering Department of Bangladesh Bank and AHM Zahurul Islam, Executive Vice President and Head Training Wing of DBBL attended the workshop. Resource persons from Bangladesh Bank conducted various sessions in the workshop.

As chief Guest Md. Yeasin Ali, in his address mentioned that with the increase of economic activities more and more individuals and organizations are coming within the purview of banking services and thereby bankers become more exposed to the dirty and illegal money which tends to undergo the process of laundering and hence require prevention.

He advised the participants to exercise caution in handling fictitious accounts used in Money Laundering.