The Finance Ministry is to send a team of
investigators to Seychelles to probe allegations of illegal transfer of
funds and assets during the previous regime.Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake has told the media that the officials will hold discussions with Seychelles authorities in a bid to gain more information about the funds illegally transferred from Sri Lanka.
The discussion will also focus on transfers of Sri Lankan funds from Seychelles to other countries.
According to reports, the Central Bank was also probing the reasons why a Bank of Ceylon (BoC) branch was set up in the Seychelle in 2011 when there were only about 64 Sri Lankans living in Seychelles.
It has also been revealed that the BoC branch was opened in Seychelles without the Central Bank’s approval.
