Referring to the recent spate of money laundering, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Chairman Mohammad Moinuddin Abdullah has said that the commission cannot expedite action against criminals due to the delayed arrival of the money laundering complaints from Bangladesh Bank (BB).

“We have nothing to do as most of the time the Bangladesh Bank informs the commission six months after the money laundering takes place,” Abdullah said while addressing a programme ‘on the role of the citizens in curbing corruption’ held at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Saturday.

At one point in his speech, the ACC chief also raised a question about how the money laundering incident takes place, dodging the attention of the Bangladesh Bank’s officials.

Alongside the government officials, Abdullah said that people from different classes and professions in the country are also indulged in corruption.

About the role of the anti-corruption watchdog in curbing corruption, he said the commission took departmental action against a total of 30 officials in the last two years.        

However, during the discussion, several prominent individuals equivocally underscored the bolstering action of the ACC against corruption otherwise, public confidence in the commission will hit the bottom.