MIDLAND BANK ORGANISED A TRAINING PROGRAMME ON TRADE BASED MONEY LAUNDERING

Midland Bank Limited (MDB) organized a training programme titled Trade Based Money Launderingfor its officials held on the 22nd October, 2022 at the Board Room of Bank’s Head Office at Gulshan, Dhaka. Md. Zahid Hossain, Deputy Managing Director & CAMLCO of the Bank inaugurated the programme as Chief Guest and delivered the welcome speech. Khondkar Towfique Hossain, EVP & Deputy CAMLCO was present in the programme as Special Guest. Mr. A.K.M. Rezaul Karim, Additional Director, Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), Bangladesh Bank was present in the programme as Resource Person. Officials from Trade & Supply Chain Division, International Division & NRB, Retail Distribution Division, Institutional Banking Division, Credit Risk Management Division and Anti-Money Laundering Division of the Bank participated in the programme. Different topics were presented in the programme like Key Challenges and Difficulties in Preventing Trade Based Money Laundering (TBML), Regulatory Framework in Combating TBML, different types of TBML alerts and Red Flags, Scope of TBML in Bangladesh, Customer Level Risk Assessment. Anti-Money Laundering Division jointly with Human Resources Management Division of the Bank organized the programme, where Mr. Fazal Abdullah, Head of AML Division along with other officials of the division were also present.