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WorldAsiaThe UK's Golden Visa program: How Interpol-wanted convicted fugitive Shahid Uddin Khan laundered millions in Bangladesh and took refuge...

The UK’s Golden Visa program: How Interpol-wanted convicted fugitive Shahid Uddin Khan laundered millions in Bangladesh and took refuge in England

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The United Kingdom (UK) has been harboring Interpol-wanted convicted fugitive Shahid Uddin Khan despite his public admission of laundering millions of dollars from Bangladesh to Britain. Khan has even claimed to be a friend of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Tory Party MP Stephen Hammond. In a video message, Khan publicly admitted to laundering money from Bangladesh and investing in the UK. However, he gave an outrageously misleading interpretation of money laundering in the same video. The evidence of this video message is retained by the author and can be provided to UK authorities if they wish to investigate the case.

According to media reports, Khan had falsely claimed to have completed a Ph.D. from Portsmouth University in the UK . Although this matter was widely covered in the media, the university’s authorities maintained total silence . It was later learned from various sources that a section of the university’s staff had been bribed by Khan to help him make the false claim.

Since 2009, the British authorities have allowed convicted fugitive Shahid Uddin Khan to reside in London by investing over US$15 million in the so-called Golden Visa program, which has already allowed hundreds of criminals from around the world to take refuge in England.

According to Transparency International, London is considered the ‘Capital of dirty money’ as it has been allowing various individuals to bring in millions of dollars through illegal channels. Despite boasting of combating financial crime and imposing sanctions on individuals from different countries accused of amassing wealth through illegal means, Britain has allowed nefarious individuals like Shahid Uddin Khan to invest millions of dollars of dirty cash in England. The National Crime Agency (NCA) and other law enforcement agencies have been surprisingly lethargic in initiating legal actions against these culprits and deporting them to their homeland, reports Weekly Blitz .

Interpol-wanted convicted fugitive Shahid Uddin Khan, his wife Farzana Anjum Khan, and three daughters, Shehtaz Munasi Khan, Parisa Pinaz Khan, and Zumana Fiza Khan, own properties worth hundreds of millions of takas in the UK and Bangladesh. Since 2009, Khan’s family has been living in the UK. Shahid Uddin Khan and his wife and daughters entered Britain with millions of dirty cash.

According to credible sources, in 2009, Shahid Uddin Khan invested millions of pounds in the United Kingdom in exchange for obtaining immigrant status under Visa Tier 1, vide VAF No. 511702. The family had laundered an unknown amount of money and brought that into the United Kingdom via the United Arab Emirates and a few more countries, while Shahid Uddin Khan had invested over 18 million pounds for buying citizenship under Britain’s scandalous ‘Golden Visa’ scheme.

In addition to this, media reports said that four months before the Sri Lanka attacks, ISIS funder Shahid Uddin Khan had sent an amount equivalent to ninety-two thousand dollars, which went from Dubai to Colombo. In other words, Khans funded the Sri Lanka jihadists – on behalf of ISIS.

Moreover, according to a report published in The Business Standard , Indian intelligence agencies were probing a deep-rooted nexus involving underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and a London-based former Colonel of the Bangladesh army. The agencies suspect that the Bangladeshi army officer, allegedly involved in gun running, has links with Dawood Ibrahim’s underworld activities operating from India’s eastern borders.

What prompted the intelligence agencies to probe the nexus between Dawood and the Bangladeshi army officer was a report published in a leading British daily. On May 25, 2019, British newspaper The Sunday Times , in an exclusive report, revealed that a sacked Colonel Md Shahid Uddin Khan had been charged with funding terror groups, arms dealing, and money laundering offenses in Bangladesh. According to the British newspaper, the former Colonel has political links in Britain and had funded an MP.

Sources said that the former Bangladeshi Colonel migrated to London in 2009 under mysterious circumstances. He is said to have had business operations in Dubai as well as in Britain. As per the latest dossier on the Dawood Ibrahim gang, the D company is involved in smuggling Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) and contraband narcotics. Illegal activities are being operated from Nepal and Bangladesh.

Shahiduddin Khan’s name has been a hot topic in the news lately, with numerous articles discussing his controversial past and current legal troubles. A quick search on Google News reveals a plethora of recent articles , ranging from his alleged ties to terrorism and money laundering to his investments in the UK and the Golden Visa program. Many news outlets are also covering the lack of action taken by UK authorities in deporting Khan and other criminals accused of similar crimes. Overall, Shahiduddin Khan’s name continues to be a prominent one in the news, sparking ongoing discussions and debates about corruption, financial crime, and immigration policies.

Quoting the investigative report of British newspaper The Sunday Times, Dubai-based newspaper The National in its report said: “A British Conservative Party donor has been charged with funding terrorist organizations, illegal arms dealing, fraud and money-laundering in Bangladesh. Mohammed Shahid Uddin Khan, 55, of Wimbledon, south-west London, was a former colonel in the Bangladeshi army. He is facing jail in his homeland after his Dhaka property was raided by counter-terrorism police in January. According to a british paper The Sunday Times, Mr. Khan has donated £20,000 (Dh93,395) to the Conservative party and has lived in the UK capital since 2009 when he bought a multimillion-pound “golden visa” to ensure he and his family could stay in the country.”

The case of Shahid Uddin Khan has raised concerns about the United Kingdom’s role in allowing nefarious individuals such as him to invest millions of dollars of dirty cash in England. London has been labeled the “Capital of dirty money” by Transparency International, as it has been allowing various individuals to bring in millions of dollars through illegal channels. Despite the UK’s efforts to combat financial crime and imposing sanctions on various individuals from different countries by accusing them of amassing wealth through illegal means, the country has allowed hundreds of criminals from around the world to take refuge in England through the so-called Golden Visa program.

Moreover, Interpol-wanted convicted fugitive Shahid Uddin Khan has been residing in London since 2009 by investing over US$15 million in the program. He and his family own properties worth hundreds of millions of takas in the United Kingdom and Bangladesh.

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Tajul Islam
Tajul Islam
Studied political science. Hails from Dhaka, Bangladesh. Contributor at The Eastern Herald.

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