ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) on Thursday said that around 71 cases of money laundering have been registered during FY21 (2020/2021) in which an amount of Rs62 billion is involved.
The FBR said that its wing i.e. Directorate General of Intelligence & Investigation-IR showed commendable performance during July 2020 to June 2021.
During this period, Directorate General forwarded 1,608 Investigation Reports and Red Alerts to the field formations involving revenue amounting to Rs244 billion.
The Directorate General filed 71 complaints under Anti-Money Laundering Act, 2010 where more than Rs. 62 billion were involved.
The Directorate General seized 8,754 cartons containing 87,540,000 cigarette sticks during the period of July 2020 to June 2021.
