Bangladesh has confiscated assets worth 760 billion taka (about $6.2 billion) linked to former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her family and 10 business groups, authorities announced on Wednesday.
The asset seizures are part of a wide-ranging investigation launched after Hasina was ousted in a student-led mass uprising in 2024 and fled to India.
According to the Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU), authorities have seized 570 billion taka in assets within Bangladesh and a further 190 billion taka overseas.
Presenting the agency’s annual report, BFIU chief Ikhtiar Mohammad Mamun said investigators have registered 98 cases involving Hasina and individuals or organisations linked to her.
“We are still working to recover the money laundered overseas,” Mamun said. “We hope to share positive developments by the end of this year.”
Authorities have been examining the former prime minister’s wealth, the finances of her relatives and several major business groups accused of benefiting during her 15-year rule.
Since her removal from office, Hasina has been convicted in absentia in several corruption cases, including those related to the allocation of valuable plots in an upscale area of Dhaka.
She has also been sentenced to death in a separate case over crimes against humanity.