UNB, Dhaka :The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) is expected to finalise the National Risk Assessment (NRA) report within the next couple of months,identifying the vulnerabilities to the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.”The National Risk Assessment (NRA) report is yet to be finalised. We’ re collecting data. Hope, it’ll be finalised within the next two months and submitted to the authorities concerned within the stipulated time,” ACC’s National Risk Assessment Cell coordinator M Fanafillah told UNB.According to the recommendations of the Asia Specific Group on Money Laundering (APGML), Bangladesh formed a National Coordination Committee (NCC) chaired by Finance Minister AMA Muhith on August 2, 2010 to formulate policies and directives on Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Combating Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and to oversee the implementation of those.The NCC has formulated an action plan on AML/CFT compliance of Bangladesh. As part of the plan, the ACC along with the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) of the Bangladesh Bank and Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has been assigned to prepare the ‘National ML/TF Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Report’.
