Question follow-through · 19555
Bangladesh: Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has provided the interim government in Bangladesh with support for the asset recovery of funds potentially misappropriated by the previous government.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 11 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has provided the interim government in Bangladesh with support for the asset recovery of funds potentially misappropriated by the previous government.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2024
Answer published
The UK is committed to assisting investigative, prosecuting and judicial authorities in combating international crime. We have robust illicit finance legislation and instruments which can be used to support asset recovery requests. Requests require signif...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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