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Banks, Customs Failures Allowed Fraudsters to Drain Millions Overseas

Source: Lanka News
Category: Politics
Region: Sri Lanka
Published: July 25, 2026 at 03:04

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A web of weak enforcement, poor inter-agency coordination, inadequate banking oversight and anonymous shell companies enabled fraudsters to move an estimated US$715 million out of Sri Lanka through bogus import transactions, Parliament’s Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) has found. The findings, revealed during this week’s CoPF proceedings, paint a picture of systemic regulatory failures across […] The post Banks, Customs Failures Allowed Fraudsters to Drain Millions Overseas appeared first on Lankanews.lk .

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