Public Prosecution: 1616 files recovered for those accused of corruption and terrorism outside the c

Public Prosecution: 1616 files recovered for those accused of corruption and terrorism outside the country

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi Public Prosecution Agency (FCO) organized 1616 files against two suspects who fled Iraq, pointing out that most of these charges are related to terrorism and corruption, pointing out that it is difficult to retrieve dual nationals because most countries do not hand them over easily .
"The number of information leaflets and arrest warrants sent to the Arab and International Police Directorate (Interpol) amounted to 1616, including 360 of those accused of financial and administrative corruption cases," the deputy prosecutor said.
He added that "the files sent to the Legal Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs numbered 240, ninety-four files relating to corruption cases since 2003 until now."
On the mechanism of organizing these files, he explained that "there is a division in the head of the prosecution has the task of organizing files to recover against fugitives outside Iraq," pointing out that "the bodies that cooperate with them in this area are the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Interior and Integrity Commission."
In response to a question concerning the role of the prosecution in the case of the accused Abdul Falah al-Sudani and others after a recent controversy, he said that "the prosecution is in the process of preparing files for the recovery of the accused Abdul Falah al-Sudani after he was arrested in Lebanon and another accused was in the ministry The defense was arrested in Jordan for the purpose of extraditing them to Iraq. "
On the number of accused recruits, the deputy chief prosecutor pointed out that "the defendants who were handed over to Iraq are only four," pointing out that "some of the accused have more than one nationality, which makes the countries that turn to them and hold their nationality clinging to them under any argument, For the consideration of some States for the crimes of waste of public funds and default of responsible for the crimes of international law. "
"The majority of the crimes that we have organized against the perpetrators of terrorist acts are terrorist crimes against the internal and external security of the state and the crimes of financial and administrative corruption," the deputy chief prosecutor said. "The possibility of organizing a recovery file against any defendant who committed a crime, Imprisonment for two years or more ".
He stressed that "the prosecution's efforts continue with the competent authorities through the information bulletin, and once information is available about the presence of an accused in a particular country, we try to make contacts and efforts to approach the State through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and send everything related to the accused in order to hand over to Iraq."
As for the mechanism of organizing the file of the recovery, for his part, says Attorney General Khalid Zahir Zair, "The file is organized after the recovery of all legal conditions are confirmed and deposited at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to be sent by diplomatic means to the requested state of extradition and follow up these requests until the approval of the State concerned and the appearance Accused before the judiciary. "
"The document is organized with the contents of the file and a copy of the investigative papers stamped with the official stamp will be sent to the requesting party to retrieve the accused," Zeir said. "If the accused is in a foreign country, the file is translated into a foreign language."
Zayer stressed the need to "record the statements of the complainant and witnesses by the competent judge after the legal oath in the form of (he stated after the legal oath), as well as the statement of the legal article number and writing," stressing that "sufficient information must be provided about the defendant to be recovered, To prosecute him in addition to mention the maximum limit of the penalty allocated to the crime in the file.
Zair also pointed out that "the location of the accused must be determined as well as the organization of a summary of the file containing the time of the crime and the evidence obtained and the defendant's prescription at the time of the commission of the crime.
On the legal basis for the recovery of the fugitive accused between Judge Khalid Zayer, "the domestic legislation of articles 357 and 368 of the Code of Criminal Procedure was concerned with the extradition and extradition of criminals as well as treaties and agreements between States as well as international custom and the principle of reciprocity." Finished

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