Charges for parliamentary officials of involvement in money laundering operations

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Charges for parliamentary officials of involvement in money laundering operations

by Rocky Thu 15 Aug 2013, 4:04 am

Charges for parliamentary officials of involvement in money laundering operations

BAGHDAD / Mohammed Kazem

08/14/2013

Parliamentary sources confirm that the regulators involved significantly in the face of money laundering operations and follow-up of corruption cases that hit the state institutions.Asserting that there are officials in the state are accused of laundering money that kills innocent citizens. National Alliance MP Mohammed Chihod, he said: that the relationship between institutions involved in the fight against corruption, and corruption counterproductive, the higher these institutions work dropped corruption, but if the role is limited surely rise rates, corruption exists but it is not the size you are talking about the media. And added Chihod in a statement (Badr): The institutions involved in the fight against corruption which the Integrity Commission and the Parliamentary Integrity Committee and the Office of Financial Supervision and offices of inspectors general, by upgrading its role and responsibilities to eliminate corruption are bigger than them now. He MP Chihod for his belief: that there pursuant to the regulatory role of the institutions, but it is not at the required level, which ends this dangerous phenomenon which impede the construction and reconstruction in the country, it is also one of the challenges faced by Iraq, which is no less dangerous than terrorism. Observers believe that the circumstances experienced by Iraq today constitute a good environment for the recovery of money laundering operations, which are a source of funding for terrorist groups in Iraq, and perhaps the region. With multiple government agencies involved follow-up file money laundering; such as the courts and the Iraqi Central Bank and the Ministry of the Interior, and others, reveals a member of the Integrity Committee in the House of Representatives Ammar Al-Shibli about the involvement of senior officials in the state smuggling operations and money laundering.Stressing: that the Integrity Commission and the Parliamentary Integrity Committee it had been placed, however, the Federal Court, which said it exposed to considerable political pressure, (as he put it). Observers connects between the scope of money laundering operations and the wave of violence in Iraq and claim the lives of hundreds of children. He says a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior Saad Maan: that security forces continued to pursue the networks responsible for money laundering according to information provided to it by regulators. He pointed out that the financing of terrorism in Iraq comes not only from money laundering, but that theft and impose royalties on the public interest in some cities represent another source of armed groups.For his part, refers security expert Amir Jabbar al-Saadi to the difficulty of stopping money laundering operations in Iraq as a mediator port because of its regional location, and because of the prevalence of foreign companies in Iraq, which facilitates the process of passing money laundering within the country and abroad.

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