In numbers… Iraq’s Integrity Commission reveals its annual achievements: Recovering and protecting nearly one trillion dinars
The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Tuesday a “heavy” tally of its oversight and investigative operations during the year, confirming the prevention of waste and the preservation of public funds worth nearly “one trillion Iraqi dinars,” with the issuance of arrest and summons orders that included dozens of ministers and officials.
The Authority stated in its annual report that the total amount of funds that were preserved amounted to (837,094,441,942) dinars and (550,815,321) US dollars, within the framework of its investigative and precautionary procedures aimed at protecting public funds and preventing their waste.
She explained that the number of reports that she considered during the year amounted to (37,175) reports with a completion rate of (85.64%), while the number of criminal cases amounted to (31,355) cases with a completion rate of (73.23%), which reflects the growing volume of work in the investigative field, indicating that the number of summons orders issued amounted to (14,645) orders, including (18) orders against ministers and those of their rank, and (276) orders against those of special ranks and general managers.
The number of arrest warrants reached (3,461) warrants, including (21) warrants against ministers and those of their rank, and (118) warrants against those of special ranks, in addition to issuing (1,950) arrest warrants, and (215) travel ban decisions, including decisions against senior leaders, noting the implementation of (1,555) arrest operations in various governorates, which resulted in the arrest of (671) accused persons caught in the act.
Regarding stalled projects, the Authority identified (116) projects in (10) governorates, with a total value of (946,031,754,995) dinars and (721,191,424) dollars, and (32) criminal cases were opened concerning them.
In the legal field, the Authority confirmed the issuance of (522) non-final judicial rulings of conviction involving (810) convicts, while the rulings that had reached the final level amounted to (370) rulings, and the number of convicts covered by the general amnesty amounted to (1,301) convicts for (666) judicial decisions.
She added that her achievements in the preventive field were represented by receiving (49,060) financial disclosure statements, in which the response rate of the three presidencies was (100%), and the disclosure of (83) cases of conflict of interest, while the total amount of money in which final judicial rulings were issued in cases of illicit gain amounted to (21,035,599,000) Iraqi dinars.
The number of visits conducted by the Authority through its teams to monitor job performance and promote the integrity of work procedures amounted to (734) visits, which included (419) administrative formations, while the number of reports prepared regarding them amounted to (61) reports.
In the field of recovery, the number of files for receiving fugitives that are ready is (78) files, and (55) files are being prepared, while the number of files for recovering smuggled funds that are ready is (56) files, and (139) files are being completed, and (5,947,308,992) Iraqi dinars were recovered from inside Iraq.
Shafaq.com