Anti-corruption announces the issuance of a list of wanted persons for the year 2016 and reveals the mechanism of detention of Ayoub
Baghdad today – An observer member of the Anti-Corruption Council, Said Moussa, issued a list of wanted persons in corruption cases dating back to 2016, while revealing the mechanism for the arrest of former Iraqi Secretary Naim Abboub.
“The judicial authorities have issued a new list of arrest warrants for the prosecution of a number of officials in the Iraqi state accused and convicted of financial corruption and money laundering,” Moussa said in a press statement (Baghdad Today), noting that “these officials are the rank of Director General and above, some Of them are inside and the other is outside Iraq. ”
He added that “the number of cases resolved by the judiciary during the past days amounts to about (900) cases out of more than (2500) financial and administrative corruption,” pointing out that “there are new lists containing arrest warrants against a number of officials fleeing.”
The observer member of the Supreme Council for the fight against corruption that “the arrest of the former Secretary of Baghdad comes within the new list issued by the judiciary to prosecute corrupt officials,” noting that “the new orders revert to issues raised in 2018.”
“The coordination work of the Supreme Council for Combating Corruption with the Integrity Commission and the Supreme Judicial Council has contributed to the issuance of arrest warrants against the wanted officials,” he said, adding that “the new list to be issued dates back to 2016.”
The Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi has announced, the restructuring of the Anti-Corruption Council to follow up the files of corruption and waste of public money and money laundering after the building of the Supreme Criminal Court headquarters for its regular meetings.
The Council consists of the National Intelligence and Security Services, the Integrity Commission, the Financial Control Bureau, the Supreme Judicial Council and the Inspectors General. The process of reclaiming the accused or convicted from outside Iraq goes through a mechanism requiring judicial decisions to prosecute and retrieve the fugitives at the request of the complainant.
A member of the Supreme Council for Combating Corruption explained the process of retrieving the wanted figures and the terror to Iraq by “the competent authorities to address the National Interpol in the Ministry of Interior, which circulates the names of those involved and fugitives to the International Police Departments around the world,” noting that ” Led by the prime minister’s office, played a major role in pursuing the return of those wanted and bringing them back to Iraq. ”
He stressed that “all those wanted for the elimination of Iraqis circulated warrants of arrest and recovery by the judicial authorities.”
He pointed out that “Britain, Panama, Turkey, Azerbaijan, the UAE and some of the Gulf countries are a safe haven for looted and smuggled money and money-laundering operations in Iraq.” He explained that “these countries are a free market that grants concessions to capitalists without checking their source of money . ”
“Iraq has signed memorandums of understanding with Jordan, Iran, Egypt and Lebanon to prosecute corruption and money laundering,” he said, noting that “Iraq and Lebanon are parties to the UN Convention against Corruption, which includes some 128 countries, which requires cooperation between States to prosecute corruption and money laundering.”