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According to a report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Bangladesh was top in Asia and rated fifth in the world when it came to the laundering of money from the illicit drug trade.
The trafficking of substances such as methamphetamine pills, heroin, buprenorphine, and phensidyl is covered in the study. When it comes to international illicit drug money flows, Mexico leads the way, followed by Bangladesh, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bangladesh.
Bangladesh is the most significant in terms of narcotics-related illicit financial flows among the five Asian nations covered in the research, followed by Maldives and Nepal. The fourth and fifth spots are now occupied by Afghanistan and Myanmar, respectively.
With the assistance of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UNODC has generated the first-ever national estimates of IFFs related to drug trafficking, human trafficking, and migrant smuggling.
