Inflation of money and illegitimate gain.. Referring officials and officers to the judiciary on charges of corruption
Baghdad – The Integrity Commission announced, on Tuesday, the referral of dozens of files about inflated funds and illegitimate earnings to various positions ranging from minister, general manager, and officers in the army and internal security forces.
The Director-General of the Prevention Department, Ali Qassem, said, in an interview with the official newspaper, followed by “Nas”, (August 10, 2021): “The most prominent achievements that the authority has achieved through the Prevention Department since the implementation of the first amendment to the Law of the Integrity Commission and its entry into force are referring (30) files to the Investigation Department.” About inflating money and illegal gain for various job grades ranging from (minister), (general director), (army officers and internal security forces) and high ranks (judge), in addition to other job grades.
He stressed, “the issuance of final court rulings in some of them, as the result of one of the cases was the issuance of a judicial decision to recover the value of illegal gain amounting to 17 million dollars to the state,” noting that “some cases are still under investigation in the judiciary, as well as some files are under investigation.” The achievement is by the Prevention Department, and it will be referred to the judiciary and announced soon.”
He added, “This year witnessed an increase in the number of officials who disclosed their financial liabilities as a result of the provisions contained in the first amendment to the Law of the Integrity and Illicit Gain No. 30 of 2011, as it had a significant impact on increasing the number of respondents to disclose their financial liabilities, when This law included deterrent measures and criminal penalties against those who refrain from disclosing their financial liabilities, as well as those who deliberately conceal and not disclose some information about their movable and immovable funds, as the number of respondents increased at a high rate as soon as the law was published in the Iraqi Gazette and entered into force.
Qassem revealed the parties that the Department of Prevention can seek help and coordinate with to investigate the funds of the taxpayers, noting that it “uses and coordinates with most of the relevant authorities in the field of investigation and investigation of money inflation and illegitimate gain, including the Ministry of Interior and its departments and the ministries of Finance, Justice, Industry and Agriculture, as well as the The Central Bank of Iraq and many other destinations.