Home minister to visit Vienna for Global Fraud Summit 2026

Home minister to visit Vienna for Global Fraud Summit 2026
Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed. File Photo

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Published: 2026-03-15 15:23:59

Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed is set to visit Vienna to participate in the two-day Global Fraud Summit 2026, scheduled to be held on 16–17 March.

The minister will depart from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Sunday at 4:50pm on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET-679 to attend the summit, according to a ministry press release.

After completing his visit, he is expected to return to Dhaka on Thursday at 5:35am on Turkish Airlines flight TK-712, it added.

The summit is jointly organised by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and INTERPOL.

The event will take place at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, where the minister will lead a five-member Bangladeshi delegation.

In addition to attending the opening and plenary sessions, the home minister will participate as a panellist in a high-level roundtable discussion titled “Global Fraud Response Mechanism”.

He will also take part in a special high-level session titled “National Commitments/Pledges on Combating Fraud”.

On the sidelines of the summit, the minister is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with John Brandolino and the UK Home Secretary, Lord Hanson.