‘Do not be complicit in the crime of money laundering': Yunus tells world leaders at UNGAChief Advisor Muhammad Yunus has urged the adoption of strong international laws to halt the outflow of illicit wealth from developing countries such as Bangladesh and ensure their recovery. Speaking at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly in New York on Friday night, the Nobel laureate addressed world leaders for the second time as head of Bangladesh’s interim government. He used the platform to highlight the government’s drive to recover wealth siphoned abroad during the Awami League’s 15 years in power, which ended with the August 2024 mass uprising. “Recovering the illicit assets stolen from our country is now one of our highest priorities,” Yunus told the Assembly. The Anti-Corruption Commission has since held multiple rounds of talks with international agencies in an effort to trace and return these funds.
