An estimated $234bn was allegedly plundered from Bangladesh during Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year reign as prime minister. The FT talks to protesters, politicians, business people and experts about how the money was taken out of the country and what – if anything – can be done to get it back.
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00:00 – Introduction
00:59 – The fall of Sheikh Hasina
03:30 – Whitechapel – the centre of UK’s Bangladeshi disapora
04:13 – London – a global centre for corrupt money
04:51 – Investigation into Tulip Siddiq
07:15 – Investigation into Saifuzzaman Chowdhury’s property empire
08:22 – Bangladesh under Sheikh Hasina
09:56 – The Hall of Mirrors
10:17 – The banking takeover
12:27 – Siphoning money out of Bangladesh
15:23 – The interim government
16:51 – S Alam and the banking crisis
17:33 – Politics and the prospect of elections in 2026
18:35 – Recovering the money
20:03 – Bangladesh’s future prospects
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