Supreme Judicial Council calls for lifting the immunity of deputies accused of corruption

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Great article, me thinks..

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15 hours ago, 235snack said:

According to official tallies, Iraq has lost about $ 450 billion due to corruption under the governments of Nouri al-Maliki and Haider al-Abadi, both affiliated with the Shiite Da'wa party. 

Mostly under Maliki I’m sure, but Abadi isn’t innocent either me thinks....

[235snack]

Abadi's war against corruption must begin with Maliki, his henchmen

January 28 2018 02:01 PM

Abadi's war against corruption must begin with Maliki, his henchmen

 

The Baghdad Post

 

 

 

Corruption is the most dangerous obstacle against Iraq's development. As the country enjoys many natural resources like minerals and oil, the international community is concerned with Iraq's high level of corruption.

Corruption in Iraq has caused severe poverty in Iraq, which led to civil and sectarian strife that caused the extreme damages to the country's infrastructure.

Shia parties lead corruption

After the US invasion to Iraq in 2003, Shia parties seized all the important posts in the government and led a widespread corruption campaign, which analysts assert that Iraq's losses have reached over 1,000 billion dollars during the last ten years.

The most prominent entity that led this campaign was the ruling Dawa party, led by the former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, who was describe by experts as the "Godfather of Corruption" as he is implicit in numerous corruption, graft and embezzlement cases.

Recently, the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi launched a campaign against corruption in Iraq, but analysts told The Baghdad Post that until now Abadi didn't dare to press any charges against Maliki.

They added that as Abadi's popularity increased after the victory against ISIS, the prime minister seeks to increase his popularity ahead of the elections by pretending to fight corruption, describing this campaign as an "electoral propaganda".

Politicians are also skeptical from Abadi's actions, after Abadi extradited the former trade minister Abdul Falah al-Sudany from Lebanon after cooperating with the Interpol, and the son of the Luai al-Yasiri the governor of Najaf in a drug trafficking case.

They fear that these actions are just a show ahead of the elections and the Iraq's reconstruction conference that will be held in Kuwait in February. His actions just aim at ensuring investors that their donations and investments won't be embezzled by corrupt officials and politicians.

The Iraqi people wish to see the anti-corruption slogans practiced on the ground, away from the occasion of elections or the upcoming Kuwait conference, and away from personal and electoral gains to include all corrupt politicians no matter how strong or influential they are.

Analysts say, during his tenure from 2006 to 2014, Maliki accumulated power and influence that surpassed the incumbent Abadi, stressing that this is the reason why the PM can't hold him accountable for his crimes that led to the bankruptcy of Iraq after his embezzlement of Iraq's oil profits and the country's destruction in the war against ISIS.

They added that If Abadi is serious in his war against corruption then he must begin with Maliki and his henchmen.

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Over 90% of displaced support funds embezzled by politicians - MP

January 28 2018 12:13 PM

Political sides stress not to probe in robbing money allotted for IDPs

 

Politicians have pressured the Iraqi judiciary to delay resolving the file of stealing money allocated for internally displaced persons (IDPs), Salem al-Shobky, a member of parliament's displacement and migration committee, said on Sunday, without disclosing the names of these sides.

He added that the committee has transferred this file to the judiciary two years ago but no action has been taken yet.

Shobky asserted that 90% of the IDPs' money has been stolen by corrupt politicians who wait for the approval of the public budget to steal again.

The MP held Iraq's Ministry of Migration and Displacement the responsibility for the lack of services provided to IDPs.

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Urgent Integrity: Issuing 90 arrest warrants, bringing in and preventing travel against ministers and their rank

Date of release: 2018/1/31 11:33 • 121 times read

{Baghdad: Al Furat News} Revealed Integrity Commission for the issuance of 90 arrest warrants and the introduction and arrest and travel ban against ministers and their rank during the last year 2017.

"The number of ministers and those of their rank who were issued a warrant of arrest was 17, 32 of them were issued, indicating that the number of ministers and those of their rank who were issued the orders of recruitment was 35," said Hassan Yasiri, head of the organization, during a press conference held to announce her annual report 2017. , Issued 47 warrants against them, while issued a warrant for the arrest of a defendant with the rank of minister. " 
He referred to "the issuance of 10 decisions to prevent the travel of a minister or his degree."

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Integrity announces re-trillion and 305 billion dinars to state treasury

 

Wednesday, January 31,

 

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad announced the Integrity Commission, Wednesday, for re - trillion 305 billion dinars to the state treasury during the year 2017.  The head of Hassan al - Yassiri at a press conference on the achievements of the Authority in 2017 and attended by Alsumaria News that " the amounts recovered and stop dispensing and preventing wastage in Iraqi dinars amounted to Trillion and 173 billion dinars, "noting that" the money recovered in dollars amounted to 111 million and 276 thousand dollars. "     "The total amount of Iraqi dinars that have been recovered amounted to more than trillion and 305 billion dinars," adding that "the money that the body was able to detect through preventive measures before the corruption amounted to 948 billion."  The Integrity Commission is an independent public authority on public integrity and anti-corruption established in Iraq On behalf of the Public Integrity Commission under the law issued by the Iraqi Governing Council and promised by the permanent Iraqi constitution for 2005 one of the independent bodies and make them subject to the control of the House of Representatives and the replacement of its name to the Integrity Commission, and aims to prevent corruption and its legal means to achieve and perform its function, Appointed by the Prime Minister and may be dismissed only from the House of Representatives in the same manner as the ministers are said, and the Commission has one deputy, and issue a monthly questionnaire showing the abuse of bribery in Iraq.

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integrity policy is to issue 90 arrest warrants, arrest and travel ban for ministers and others

 

 

Twilight News    

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Shafaq News / Integrity Commission announced the issuance of 90 arrest warrants and the introduction and arrest and travel ban against ministers and their degree during the past year. 
During the press conference held to announce its annual report for 2017, the Authority said that the number of ministers and those of their rank who were issued a warrant of arrest was (17) issued 32 orders. 
She explained that the number of ministers and those in their ranks who were issued with the orders of recruitment was (35), were issued (47) orders, while issued a warrant for the arrest of a defendant accused of the rank of minister. 
The Commission referred to the issuance of (10) travel ban against a minister or his rank.

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http://www.shafaaq.com/ar/Ar_NewsReader/763fb83f-2fee-4129-92b9-f61e3f6a29e4

[bostonangler]

Round 'em up!!! 

 

B/A

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GM YOTA, Butifldrm AND DV. WAITING!

[King Bean]

This said...."during the past year". So how many were ACTUALLY rounded up and arrested with charges filed?? We know they like to 'advertised' first, so the accused have a chance to slip out of the country ( even though there are travel bans with these charges ). Show us the money ( and results ) not just blabber. 

[siberian_shaddow]

We got 90 arrest warrants on the wall, 90 arrest warrants on the wall take them down, hang them all. 1000s of arrest warrants still on the wall. 

[yota691]

JANUARY 31, 2018

Iraqi Integrity Commission refers 18 ministers to the judiciary

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The head of Iraq's Integrity Commission, Hassan al-Yasiri, announced on Wednesday the transfer of 3095 defendants to the judiciary, including 18 ministers, and the return of more than 132 billion dinars to the state treasury in 2017.

"The integrity teams have arrested 483 suspects in 293 operations," said Yasiri. "In these operations, more than 51 billion dinars ($ 778,000)

"837 criminal cases have been opened. The Commission considered 20,880 reports, news and criminal cases, of which 16180 were completed with a completion rate of more than 77%.

"These efforts led to the recovery of 132 billion and 946 million and 825 thousand dinars to the state treasury in 2017," said Yasiri.

He stressed that there are more than 41 billion dinars in the process of recovery, where the judicial verdicts were issued to the Treasury.

The Yasiri that "the total public funds recovered by the Commission .. and returned to the treasury of the state amounted to one trillion 305 billion 694 million and 644 thousand dinars."

He described the corruption of the leaps and bounds and called on the Ministry of Finance to cooperate in this regard.

He called on the governor of the Central Bank of Iraq to cooperate in order to eliminate the forged instruments, which have increased in recent use.

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The integrity commission has recovered 1 trillion 305 billion IQD..... At 1182

 

 That's $1 billion 104 million dollars...... All this money to the state treasury 

 

Go RV

Go $1:1

 

 

[yota691]

Parliamentary integrity: disclosure of the largest file of corruption in Iraq between the Iraqi oil companies and Arab navigation

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Parliamentary integrity revealed on Thursday the largest file of corruption in the history of Iraq after 2003 between the Iraqi oil companies and Arab navigators.

"This file of corruption is the largest in Iraq after 2003, and it was revealed by the committee's work in monitoring and auditing the records of the Iraqi Oil Company," MP Salim al-Issawi told the Asia News Channel.

"The first party, the Iraqi oil, bears the revenues and duties of loading the tankers from the Iraqi ports for fuel oil and other petroleum products, as well as securing the shipments with the specialized insurance companies, so as to disperse cargo in the second party carriers," Asia News said.

While the last item reveals that "in the case of the impossibility of the implementation of the partnership contract by the second party for reasons due to lack of performance, the first party is entitled to terminate the nodal bond after obtaining a decision from the competent Iraqi courts."

While the integrity did not reveal what items lead to corruption, while only the publication of documents and confirmation that it is the largest file of corruption in the history of Iraq after 2003.

 

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Integrity: Over 51 billion dinars seized in 293 seizures during 2017

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Baghdad - Asia News Channel

The Integrity Commission announced on Wednesday that it had implemented 293 arrests, noting that the funds seized in those operations exceeded 51 billion dinars.

The head of the Integrity Commission, Hassan al-Yasiri, during a press conference held to announce its annual report for 2017, and attended by Asia News, that the number of accused seized in those operations amounted to 483 accused,

"The total funds seized in these operations amounted to 50,130,926,753 billion dollars and 778,070 US dollars," said Yasiri.

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Good morning Yota and DV.  

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Iraq takes custody of officials wanted in corruption probes

READ IN:    العربية

 

Adnan Abu Zeed January 31, 2018

 

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Article Summary

Iraq is taking steps to recover funds and arrest those accused of corruption by coordinating actions with foreign countries and Interpol.

 

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Iraqi Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani (L) and Britain's Business Minister Peter Mandelson listen to reporters during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, April 6, 2009.

 

BAGHDAD — Iraq is boosting its efforts to extradite fugitives wanted in corruption cases. On Jan. 25, Iraqi authorities in cooperation with Interpol took custody of former Trade Minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani, who had been extradited from Lebanon. Sudani, a fugitive since 2009, had been tried and sentenced in absentia to seven years in prison for corruption.

Ziad al-Qattan, the former general secretary in the Ministry of Defense, was extradited from Jordan and handed over to Iraqi authorities Jan. 11. Qattan is accused of embezzling about $1 billion from the ministry.

“Such steps toward trying accused [politicians] in a country that is at the top of the list of the most corrupt countries, such as Iraq, are of paramount importance to regain the people’s confidence in the Iraqi judiciary and its ability to tackle corruption,” legal expert Ali Jaber told Al-Monitor.

“The extradition of wanted people is twofold. The procedure goes through the bilateral agreement between Iraq and other countries and through the international police [Interpol],” he said.

The UN Charter allows countries fighting terrorist groups to ask for assistance from the Security Council, which is the case with Iraq. These countries can also claim funds that had been smuggled abroad.

“Many countries have been helping Iraq to recover funds and take fugitives into custody," Jaber said. "I believe that Iraq will witness many breakthroughs in the future at this level, especially since the Iraqi government said tackling corruption will be its top priority after the end of the war on the Islamic State.” In early January, a representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency met in Iraq with Integrity Commission Chairman Hassan al-Yasiri to discuss, among other topics, coordinating anti-corruption efforts.

The Integrity Commission said Iraq, with Interpol's help, recovered about 2 billion Iraqi dinars ($1.68 million) in December from nine convicted fugitives by tracking their money and conducting investigations to follow financial transactions globally.

Many officials accused of corruption remain free, however. Some have dual nationality, which makes it easier for them to leave. For example, Basra Gov. Majid al-Nasrawi used his Australian passport to flee Iraq in August. He faces charges of stealing public money.

There are also warrants out for the arrests of fugitive officials wanted on corruption charges, including former Minister of Electricity Ayham al-Samarrai, former Transport Minister Louay al-Ors and former Defense Minister Hazim Shaalan, who was accused in 2005 of being involved in the theft of at least $1.3 billion from the ministry.

Judge Abdul-Sattar al-Birqdar, a spokesman for Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council in Baghdad, explained extradition procedures to Al-Monitor. “The Supreme Judicial Council issues warrants for the recovery of smuggled funds. The Extradition Division in the public prosecutor's office follows up on the matter. The prosecutor then issues the necessary decisions," which could entail property confiscation.

Legal expert Tariq Harb told Al-Monitor, “The current process in Iraq is that the authorities hand over the official documents of charges of the accused to Interpol. In the event Interpol catches the accused, the Iraqi security authorities will take them into custody to stand a fair trial."

Iraq's increased efforts to recover assets from abroad will help speed up the often lengthy process of extradition. However, "this doesn't mean this road won't be fraught with many obstacles, as many of the accused are linked to powerful politicians who could pull some strings to derail or end the procedures." Some countries might also use prisoners as bargaining chips, he said.

Ahmad al-Jubouri, a member of the parliamentary Legal Committee, told Al-Monitor, “The process to recover funds and arrest [those accused] is of major importance, as the Iraqi people have been demanding reforms and the fight against corruption. Under this pressure, the Iraqi government has started to take serious steps" and has even hired foreign companies to help track funds and facilitate extradition. "The upcoming period will witness major changes in corruption investigations,” he said.

He added, “The arrest of Sudani and Qattan will open the door to further arrests of the people who misused and smuggled public funds to neighboring countries. Some of the accused are traders and businessmen who made illicit deals in the name of influential politicians or political parties. Iraq is known for the rampant corruption among politicians. The arrests will include all those who took part in or facilitated embezzlement of public funds. This will be a crucial step in recovering these funds."

Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/01/iraq-corruption-soudani-extradition.html#ixzz55ri4ujOb

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Integrity commission issued 89 orders against officials in Iraq last year

 

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SULAIMANI – Iraqi Commission of Integrity issued 89 decisions including arrest warrants, detentions and travel bans for officials and ministers in the country, last year.

Head of the Iraqi Integrity Commission, Hassan al-Yasri said during a press conference on Wednesday (January 31) that the commission issued 32 arrest warrants for 17 ministers and officials in 2017.

Releasing the data last year, Yasri added the commission also issued 47 summons and 10 travel bans for the Iraqi ministers and officials in high position.

The Iraqi Commission of Integrity also said on Wednesday it had returned 1.305 trillion Iraqi dinars to the treasure of the Iraqi government in 2017.

“The commission could return another 948 billion dinars to the government, before they are used [by those accused] for corruption,” the commission added.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has said the fight following Islamic State (ISIS) militants would be the fight against corruption.

On January 25, Interpol handed over to Iraq former trade minister Abdel Falah al-Sudani who was arrested in Beirut over a conviction for corruption, in a first such collaboration with the international police body.

Sudani, who is now aged 70 and holds citizenship of Britain where he studied, served as trade minister from 2006 to 2009, following the 2003 US-led invasion which toppled dictator Saddam Hussein.

In 2012, the former minister, who belongs to the Dawa party of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, was sentenced in absentia to seven years imprisonment for corruption.

He was linked to a scandal over the import of adulterated tea products during his mandate.

In 2009, he was arrested as he tried to flee the country after having been sacked and charged. He was released on payment of a $43,000 bail, but fled again.

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Baghdad: arrest warrants for those accused of corruption

Published: 02.02.2018 | 16:33 GMT | Video https://arabic.rt.com/features/924838-بغداد-مذكرات-اعتقال-بحق-متهمين-بالفساد/

The Integrity Commission issued an arrest warrant for 17 corruption suspects, including ministers and ministers.

This comes at a time when Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of the war to eliminate corruption.

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Where’s Maliki in this mix - Now he wants Abadi’s job. There’s gotta be something going on behind the scene here. I put nothing past Maliki up to and including bumping off Abadi to get what he wants this time around - it’s simple: STOP MALIKI.

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1 hour ago, 10 YEARS LATER said:

Where’s Maliki in this mix - Now he wants Abadi’s job. There’s gotta be something going on behind the scene here. I put nothing past Maliki up to and including bumping off Abadi to get what he wants this time around - it’s simple: STOP MALIKI.

Agreed 10YL, I believe Maliki is still in the game because he has power as far as buying people with as much money as he has stolen he can bribe his way back possibly to PM position. And I am sure he is betting on it, because if he does get the position back, he can steal twice as much as he used to bribe. He has a lot of people on the payroll. 

Edited February 2, 2018 by siberian_shaddow

[ChuckFinley]

On 1/25/2018 at 6:14 PM, Bama Girl said:

Well, this is a start but hope we see a lot more of those 48 warrants served that we read about a couple of weeks ago. Can’t wait for Maliki to be arrested. 😊😎

I think we are all looking forward to that day. 

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6 hours ago, siberian_shaddow said:

Agreed 10YL, I believe Maliki is still in the game because he has power as far as buying people with as much money as he has stolen he can bribe his way back possibly to PM position. And I am sure he is betting on it, because if he does get the position back, he can steal twice as much as he used to bribe. He has a lot of people on the payroll. 

 

Yep, you nailed it S_S -

Part of me thinks - it seems inconceivable that M would even have a chance what with literally EVERYONE knowing what a Bucket of Phlegm this guy is. Having said that however, haven't we been saying for many years - " after all, this is Iraq " 

 

There's just GOT to be something in the works that will forever prevent this Bottom Feeder from ever again holding public office. if not, woe be it to Iraq. 

[yota691]

Iraqi official: file of corruption reached the most serious stages because of the inclusion of the amnesty law for senior corrupt

 

Saturday 3 February

 

 

 

Alsumaria News / Baghdad , said an Iraqi official on Saturday that the file corruption was the most serious stages due to the inclusion of an amnesty law for senior corrupt, noting that there are operations corruption against persons amounted to between 400 and 500 million US dollars, however, are closing their files in one way or another.  "The file of corruption in the country has reached its most serious stage because of the inclusion of the amnesty law for senior corrupt officials," the official said, adding that "this law has caused serious problems in terms of the principle of combating corruption in Iraq ."     He added that "there are pressure on the judges from the political and partisan leaders, some of them are open and high-level in order to stop many of the detection of major thefts or attempt to include the largest number of corrupt in the amnesty law, which found the corrupt and those behind them loopholes they can pass from, That "there are acts of corruption against people between 400 and 500 million US dollars, but their files are closed in one way or another, including the general amnesty."  It is noteworthy that the financial and administrative corruption spread in Iraq significantly, as Transparency International classified it as one of the most corrupt countries in the world, but the Iraqi government often criticized the reports of the Organization on corruption and considered inaccurate and based on information received through local and foreign companies failed to implement Service projects in Iraq.