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News articles for case Koko

  • Fri, 20 Jun 2008
    Koko in a Bangkok hospital
    Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of former prime minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, yesterday reached Bangkok and got admitted in Burmungrad Hospital
  • Tue, 3 Feb 2009
    Koko’s money in S’pore to be brought back
    Finance Minister Abul Mal Abdul Muhith told parliament yesterday that the government would be able to bring back Arafat Rahman Koko's suspected corrupt money frozen in a Singapore bank under a continuing purge.
  • Mon, 12 Jan 2009
    Arafat not a party to Siemens bribes case, claims BNP
    Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Sunday denied there was any case pending in the United States against Arafat Rahman, youngest son of the party chief, Khaleda Zia, for allegedly taking kickbacks from Siemens, a German telecommunications giant.
  • Thu, 19 Mar 2009
    Corruption case filed against former Bangladesh PM's son
    Bangladesh's anti-graft body has pressed charges against Arafat Rahman Koko, the younger businessman son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia, for money laundering.
  • Tue, 23 Dec 2008
    Foreigner spilled the beans
    Afraid of safety, he detailed in Singapore Koko's bribery scam
  • Fri, 19 Dec 2008
    Singapore freezes Tk 11.6 cr of Koko: ACC begins probe
    The Anti-Corruption Commission began inquiry into former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia's younger son Arafat Rahman Koko's alleged financial transactions in foreign currencies worth crores of taka in Singapore.
  • Mon, 12 May 2008
    Charge sheet in Gatco case likely today
    The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is likely to submit today the charge sheet against detained former premier Khaleda Zia, her younger son Arafat Rahman Koko and 22 others for illegally awarding container-handling job at two container ...
  • Tue, 13 Jan 2009
    UN convention to help Dhaka retrieve money
    With the accession to the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), Bangladesh will continue to get international help to recover the ill-gotten gains of corruption hidden abroad.
  • Wed, 14 Jan 2009
    U.S. seeks forfeiture of $3 million;anti-graft movement seen expanding
    The money is scattered in bank accounts in Singapore, about 9,600 miles away from Washington, D.C., and has been linked to bribery in Bangladesh. But the U.S. Department of Justice last week filed a civil complaint in the District of Columbia seeking forfeiture of about $3 million held in the accounts, saying the funds are connected to a series of transactions traceable to unlawful activities including bribery of a foreign public official, extortion and money laundering.
  • Mon, 12 Jan 2009
    US, UK seek help to recover kickbacks
    The US and UK yesterday sought Bangladesh’s assistance in their bid to recover around $200 million allegedly paid in kickbacks to former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s son Arafat Rahman Koko and some ministers of the last BNP-led government.
  • Fri, 9 Jan 2009
    US Department of Justice Seeks to Recover Approximately $3 Million in Illegal Proceeds from Foreign Bribe Payments
    The Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture action against accounts worth nearly $3 million that are alleged to be the proceeds of a wide-ranging conspiracy to bribe public officials in Bangladesh and their family members in connection with various public work projects, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced today.
  • Sun, 11 Jan 2009
    US moves to confiscate Koko’s stashed money
    The US Department of Justice has moved to confiscate nearly $3 million from bank accounts in Singapore, which are allegedly linked to a bribery scandal in Bangladesh, involving Arafat Rahman Koko, younger son of former prime minister Khaleda Zia.
  • Mon, 2 Feb 2009
    Dhaka asks US for money siphoned off by Zia’s son
    Bangladesh has sought from the US the money that was allegedly stashed away by opposition leader Khaleda Zia’s businessman son in a telecom deal signed during her tenure.

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