(FT) Police, CB sign MoU to cooperate on financial crime investigations

Sri Lanka Police and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to cooperate on financial crime investigations.

The agreement was signed between the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank and Sri Lanka Police for the purpose of exchanging information related to the investigations conducted based on the Acts of the Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorist Activities.

Inspector General of Police Pujith Jayasundara and the Director of Financial Intelligence Unit of the Central Bank, H. Amaratunga, signed the MoU on Wednesday, at the premises of the Central Bank with the participation of the Governor of the Central Bank Dr. Indrajit Coomaraswamy.

Many police officers including the SDIG in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, Ravi Seneviratne, and Acting DIG in charge of Law, Discipline and Conduct Range, Ravi Peiris, along with many senior officers of the Central Bank, participated in the event.

 

Source: Daily FT