Staff Reporter :
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) can investigate all kinds of money laundering cases and fraud and deception related crimes.
ACC Commissioner (Investigation) Md Zahurul Haque said this in response to a question from journalists at the ACC head office on Tuesday (July 26).
He said, ACC could have completed a total investigation into money laundering earlier cases. Later, some powers were taken away from the ACC a law (amendment). Recently the High Court (HC) in a judgment said that the ACC can investigate all schedule offences. Now the ACC has this power.
The ACC Commissioner also said that in an order of the HC last February, the ACC can search and investigate any scheduled crime under the Money Laundering Act. Earlier, under the Money Laundering Act, only government officials and employees could be investigated by the agency. From now on all crimes will have the opportunity to search and investigate. Asked whether to take all the complaints from now on or not, the ACC Commissioner said, “We are not investigating the complaints yet.” Let’s think about things, High Court said we can do it.
Because now there are laws, there are also instructions on us. ACC can now conduct any investigation if it is scheduled. He also said, now we need manpower, we need people. We are hiring people.
