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According to the case, MP Papul has accumulated a large amount of illicit wealth through human trafficking in collaboration with other people and organizations. It is a punishable offense under the Money Laundering Act to knowingly acquire, consume, and convert this criminal proceeds into other real and personal property.
Last June, 10 people were deported from Kuwait on charges of smuggling illegal currency and human trafficking. Upon returning to the country, they told CID that Sadiqur, an MP Papul employee, collected Rs 5 lakh to Rs 7 lakh from each of them at Job Bank International in Moghbazar from 2016 to 2020 to pick up people and take them to Kuwait. The other defendants in the statement have conducted illegal transactions from their various bank accounts.
Last June, the manager of the Labor Exchange, Golam Mostafa, was deported from Kuwait. He made a confessional statement in court. He confessed to trafficking human beings to Kuwait for five to seven lakh rupees each under the direction of MP Papul’s brother, Badrul Alam.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has brought a case against Laxmipur-2 MP Kazi Shahidul Islam Papul and his wife Selina Islam, a deputy from the women’s seat, who were arrested in Kuwait on November 11 this year on charges of participation. in human trafficking. The case alleges the illegal acquisition of assets worth Tk 2.31 crore and money laundering worth Tk 146 crore.