The Ministry of Interior intensifies its intelligence activities to confront the threat of organized

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[size=52]The Ministry of Interior intensifies its intelligence activities to confront the threat of organized crime[/size]

[size=45]The Ministry of the Interior considered organized crime a new danger facing Iraq in addition to terrorism, and talked about the great efforts made by the security forces in pursuing drug gangs, armed robbery and theft by activating the intelligence effort, confirming the arrest of hundreds of accused of these crimes since the beginning of this year, while it has consistently reported Inspections in areas that witness continuous clan conflicts and uncontrolled arms activity.[/size]
[size=45]The ministry's spokesman, Major General Khaled Al-Muhanna, said in a television statement that "the security services have drawn up planning and study for what is facing Iraqi society at the present time."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muhanna added, "Organized crime was one of the most prominent of these threats, whether in terms of drug trafficking or armed robbery and theft."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "a plan was drawn up according to which roles were distributed, and these efforts led to the overthrow of the major gangs," noting that "the competent authorities receive information from their various sources, and the force holding the ground where the accused are present is used to facilitate their arrest."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muhanna spoke of “great cooperation between the ministries of interior and defense and intelligence agencies in implementing security duties in various parts of the country.”[/size]
[size=45]He revealed, "The arrest of hundreds of suspects in organized crime cases, this is part of the plan to deal with these networks, which have achieved great success."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muhanna noted that "the threats have differed from what they were in the past, after terrorism was the most dangerous, currently there are other threats represented by organized crimes, clan conflicts, uncontrolled weapons and cybercrime."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "A great effort is exerted by the staff of the Ministry of Interior and the rest of the security services in obtaining intelligence, whether in pursuit of the remnants of the terrorist organization Daesh with preemptive and qualitative operations on the one hand, or facing the rest of the security threats on the other hand, there is no turning a blind eye to any activity that violates the law." “.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muhanna pointed out, “It is not possible to completely eliminate crimes in all countries of the world, but rather reduce and control them. We have succeeded in undermining drug crimes by arresting dealers, distributors, promoters and users.”[/size]
[size=45]He stressed that "the work of the Ministry of Interior is not limited to the security aspect, but rather there is a social aspect represented in educating citizens to report crime and not to fall into it."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Muhanna added that "weapon inspections are still continuing, targeting areas where conflicts and tribal issues abound, and the security forces have succeeded in collecting a large number of these light and medium weapons, numbering in the thousands."[/size]
[size=45]For his part, security expert Ahmed Al-Sharifi believes that “dealing with organized crime should be based on scientific grounds, and not just by deploying forces in the street.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sharifi added, "Access to these gangs, whether they use uncontrolled weapons, drug traffickers, armed robbery, or theft, occurs through technology by tracking cameras, citizen cooperation and accurate intelligence information."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The intelligence may arrive, but there is another problem, which is how to deal with it, and to reach the goal in the shortest way and without causing losses."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sharifi concluded, “Iraq is facing a number of challenges. There is a terrorist threat from ISIS on the one hand, in addition to the activity of criminal groups on the other hand, and this requires that the security forces be on a high degree of caution in dealing with these threats.”[/size]
[size=45]Organized crime rates increased during the past period, and some of the governorates recorded many illegal activities, most notably the Maysan governorate, which witnessed assassinations of officials.[/size]
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