Begum Para, Toronto
money laundering scandal
Begum Para (Bengali: বেগম পাড়া) is the colloquial name of a neighborhood in Toronto, Canada primarily populated by upper-class Bangladeshis. The area is connected to several money laundering scandals in Bangladesh. These scandals arose in 2019–2020, when it started coming to light in various newspapers and the foreign ministry of Bangladesh found the connection of money launderers to the Begum Para where various real estate assets were purchased in Canada with dollars looted out of Bangladesh.
Most of the launderers are Bangladeshi government officials, followed by politicians and businessmen. In Begum Para, wives and children of the Bangladeshi elite live a luxurious life with the illegal money sent by their husbands. Retiring from their job, the guys go to their Begums (wives) in Canada. For this reason, these places have been named Begum Para.
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Begum Para is a Bangla term, which is basically a big money laundering scandal in Bangladesh. However the term literally indicates a symbolic area located somewhere in Canada. It is not a formally or historically created area.
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