KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has received over 400money laundering cases from the country, a report of the agency revealedshowing an increase in the number of such cases during 2020.
“The country reported 409 cases of money laundering during the outgoingyear 2020,” a report of the FIA said adding that for the first time, evenpolice authorities also referred the money laundering cases to the agency.
It said that the FIA received 289 cases of money laundering, referred bythe police department. A meeting of the FIA was held in Karachi, where itwas decided to register 105 cases against the referred cases.
The meeting also decided that a joint interrogation team (JIT) will probethe cases relating to money laundering. It further emerged that over Rs 30billion was laundered abroad during the ongoing year.
“The FIA has registered 13 cases of illegal money transfer during 2020,which involves an amount of Rs 5 billion sent illegally from the country,”it said.
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It is pertinent to mention here that the FIA is actively engaged incracking down on the elements involved in money laundering activities.
On September 25link, theFIA busted a money laundering network in Karachi during a raid conducted ina residential building situated on Shaheed-e-Millat road.
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