ACC to grill seven named in Panama, Paradise Papers

Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) summoned for interrogation seven individuals whose names have been appeared in the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers leaks, report agencies.
A senior official of the Commission confirmed the information to the news agencies.
Chairman of the United Group Hasan Mahmud Raza and three directors of the same Group- Khandkar Mainul Ahasan, Akhtar Mahmud and Ahmed Ismail Hossain-named in the Panama Papers will face the interrogation of ACC on July 16.
Ericson Johan Andres Wilson of WMV Limited, Mahtabur Rahman of Selcon Shipping Company and Farhan Yakubur Rahman of Intridip Group will have to face the ACC on July 17 for the allegation of money laundering whose names have been appeared in Paradise Papers.
Earlier, chairman of ACC Iqbal Mahmood on June 20 ordered all ACC officials to complete enquiries by June 30 against individuals or entities whose names have been appeared in the leaks of Panama Papers and Paradise Papers.
He made the order in an urgent meeting with the secretary, all director generals, and directors of detective units of the ACC at its head office in the city.
Names of many Bangladeshis have been appeared in Panama, Paradise and other leaks on the murky world of illicit offshore finance.
The names of Bangladeshis, including controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamsher have appeared in the much-talked-about Paradise Papers, a leak of more than 13 million confidential files relating to illicit offshore finance.
The documents claimed that Moosa Bin Shamsher registered a company named Venus Overseas in 2010 in Malta, an offshore tax heaven while another Bangladeshi Shahnaz Huda Razzak registered two companies-- Ocean Ice Shipping and Priyam Shipping in Malta between 1999 and 2001, according to the leaked documents. Alongside, US-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) also revealed Bangladeshis' entities and individuals to its leaks database of Panama Papers.