Bangladesh Bank governor Ahsan H Mansur said on Monday that they were expecting officials in justice and treasury departments of the United States in Dhaka the next week.
They will visit the country as part of the ongoing discussion about bringing back money stolen under the ousted Awami League regime, said the governor at a discussion in the capital.
We are looking forward to striking deals with the US department, added the BB governor without any further detail.
The BB governor has replaced the attorney general at the top of the reconstituted national taskforce on repatriating stolen assets by the interim government on September 29.
On November 2, Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekharuzzaman referring various estimates said that an average of $12鈥�15 billion was illegally transferred out of the country each year.
The BB governor said that efforts had also been taken to recover money from companies run by oligarchs of the Awami League regime.
Decisions on not closing any business entity speak the interim government鈥檚 efforts, he said while highlighting the appointment of a receiver at Beximco Group to manage affairs of the group of companies.聽
The decision came after the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court asked the Bangladesh Bank governor to appoint a receiver to the Group and attach the Group鈥檚 all properties, including those linked to detained Beximco Group vice-chairman Salman F Rahman who served as the private sector adviser to Sheikh Hasina.
A receiver is a person appointed as a custodian of a person or entity鈥檚 property, finances, general assets, or business operations.