DIPAN NANDY

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) seized and froze movable and immovable assets worth a total of Tk 30,351 crore in 2025, after securing 370 court orders to this end, according to ACC’s Asset Management Unit.

The figure marks a seven-year high, said the sources, adding that assets worth an average of Tk 2,529 crore were seized and frozen per month in 2025.

In 2024 also, the commission had filed a significant number of applications in court for asset seizure and freezing.

In 2025, the ACC obtained 221 court orders to seize immovable assets including 6,979.43 acres of land, 91 houses, 59 buildings, 192 flats, 60 plots, 450 vehicles, 14 commercial spaces, 10 shops, two markets, two ships, and a shotgun -- worth Tk 6,137 crore 22 lakh 39 thousand and 657 -- within the country, and assets including two flats, eight vehicles, and two houses worth Tk 96 crore 53 lakh 80 thousand and 25 abroad.

Additionally, through 256 court orders, the ACC froze movable assets worth Tk 23,172 crore 78 lakh 87 thousand and 496 within the country and Tk 944 crore 58 lakh 30 thousand and 916 abroad.

The frozen assets include 6,847 bank accounts, 107 savings certificates, over 60 crore shares in 421 companies, 40 FDRs, five lockers, 321 pay orders, investments in various companies, foreign currencies, and gold.

In 2024, the court ordered seizure of assets worth Tk 375 crore 53 lakh 41 thousand 583 and the freezing of assets worth Tk 300 crore 14 lakh 40 thousand 253 within the country. Outside the country, 244 flats, 20 plots, and 79 apartments At

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