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were attached, along with assets equivalent to US$ 200,000 being restrained.

Moreover, 400 new inquiries were added in 2025 to the 717 pending from the previous year, bringing the total to 909. Of these, 163 were completed, 449 were converted into cases, 47 were closed, and 13 were disposed of through other means.

Also, 29 new files were added to 60 already pending money laundering-related inquiries, of which 73 are ongoing inquiries and 16 were completed. In asset-related inquiries, 219 new files were added to the 377 pending, of which 60 were completed, 137 were converted into cases, and 20 were closed.

At the investigation stage, 449 cases were ongoing, including eight new cases. Out of total 794 investigation activities, 129 were completed, with 104 resulting in charge sheets and 21 in final reports.

In asset-related investigations, 468 were ongoing, with 166 new ones added. Of these, 70 were completed and 54 charge sheets were filed. In money laundering-related investigations, five out of 189 were completed, and five charge sheets were submitted.

Manjur Morshed, director of the ACC’s Asset Management Unit, said that during inquiries and investigations against various individuals, if assets suspected to be illegal are identified, applications are made to the court for issuing orders to seize and freeze those.

“As part of this process, assets worth over Tk 30,351 crore were seized and frozen last year under court orders,” he said, adding that the ACC is continuing its efforts to repatriate assets seized and frozen abroad through maintaining communication with the respective countries and following necessary procedures.