BM Desk:

Southeast Bank PLC organized its BAMLCO Conference-2023 in a hybrid mode at the Bank’s Head Office. The conference was attended by 324 participants, including the Heads of Branches, Branch Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officers (BAMLCOs), In-charges of sub-branches and Offshore Banking Units (OBUs). The Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (CAMLCO), Deputy Chief Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer (DCAMLCO), executives and officials of AML & CFT Division, and other concerned divisions of Head Office also participated in the day-long conference.

Masud Biswas, Head of the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), graced the conference as the Chief Guest. Nuruddin Sadeque Hossain, Managing Director of Southeast Bank PLC, chaired the event and shed light on contemporary AML & CFT issues in his welcome speech.

Rokon-Uz-Zaman, Joint Director, and Azmal Hossain, Joint Director of BFIU, shared their insights through three interactive sessions on the key challenges of Anti-Money Laundering in the context of online gambling and betting, virtual currency trading such as cryptocurrencies, Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML), Credit Backed Money Laundering (CBML), etc. Masum Uddin Khan, DMD & CAMLCO of the Bank, concluded the conference with his closing remarks.