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    Looted Iraqi Money: Questioning the ability to track corruption

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    [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] President Barham Salih's call to legislate a law to prosecute the corrupt and recover the stolen [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] raised questions about the extent of the Iraqi authorities' ability to hold those accused of corruption accountable in light of the presence of political figures whose interests may be harmed, which may push them to disrupt efforts to combat corruption.
    On the twenty-third of this month, the Iraqi president stressed the need to legislate a law "recovering the [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] corruption", explaining that the law could contribute to the recovery of stolen funds through agreements with states, and cooperation with international bodies.

    He said that corruption has caused the loss of huge sums of money, estimated at billions, from the total of Iraq's oil imports since 2003, which are close to one thousand billion dollars. Presidency sources told Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed that an advisory team is working on writing a draft law that includes several clauses and paragraphs that allow the state to track funds and prosecute suspects inside and outside Iraq, including relatives of the suspects.
    The sources emphasized that the law, if approved, will remain subject to its application, as political consensus remains the main decisive factor in the various Iraqi files, including corruption. Especially since there are currently existing laws and constitutional articles related to corruption and considers them crimes against honor, and if they were activated, Iraq would be enriched from any new law. ”The sources talked about“ more than ten countries that were the destination of Iraq's looted funds, most notably Iran, Lebanon, the UAE, Britain, the United States and Greece, and they are Estimated at tens of millions of dollars since 2003. "
    In an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, a member of the Iraqi parliament, Raad Al-Dahlaki considered that the law calling on the Iraqi president to pass it “is very important if there is a political will to solve the corruption file. And there is a glut among the affluent class, whose money is increasing without any justifications.
    Al-Dahlaki affirmed that there are tools, mechanisms and institutions to fight corruption, and there is a real intention to fight it that must be supported and developed, indicating that the law called for by the President of the Republic has not yet reached Parliament.
    He pointed out that there are some parties that support efforts to combat corruption in public, and stand against it in secret, explaining that efforts to combat corruption will face many obstacles, especially at the current stage in which there are politicians who are afraid of uncovering corruption, because many of them are complicit and participate in corruption, He expressed his belief that there is a relationship between the timing of the law’s introduction and the imminence of the elections due to take place in October 2021.
    For his part, a member of the legal committee in the Iraqi parliament, Saeb Khadr, stressed the importance of legislating the law to recover Iraqi funds, explaining to "Al-Araby Al-Jadeed" that the project should have been proposed with the beginning of the work of the current parliament that was formed in 2018. He asked, "Can Parliament pass Such a law is important in the current circumstances, adding, "We are only facing 4 months of elections. Parliament sometimes completes a quorum, and other times it is not."
    He pointed out that the legislation of laws requires the existence of political understandings, indicating that the Legal Committee is ready to discuss the law as soon as possible if it is presented to it, and pointed out that "corruption in Iraq has turned into a culture, which requires the presence of authority to implement laws related to combating it," stressing the difficulty of work. With laws there is no real will to implement them.
    He added, "There must be a method for confronting corruption," explaining that the bill was proposed during the current stage at a critical time in the life of Parliament that may expose it to electoral auctions and objections, as everything at the present time can be used for electoral promotion.
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    Qusay al-Yasiri, a member of parliament for the "Sairoun" coalition, expected that the law on pursuing the stolen money that the Iraqi president will present will encounter some obstacles by those he described as "corrupt or agendas that seek to continue corruption in the country," saying in an interview with the official Iraqi News Agency that "The President of the Republic has submitted the law on recovering proceeds of corruption to the House of Representatives, and the law will go ahead during this parliamentary session."
    Despite the political pressures it is being exposed to, the Iraqi government has managed, during the past months, to arrest some important names accused of corruption, most notably Jamal Karbouli, head of the Al-Hall Party, and one of the leaders of the "Azm" electoral coalition.
    At the end of August of last year, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kazemi formed a committee to "investigate cases of corruption and important crimes", which was granted broad powers, and the Counter-Terrorism Service was tasked with implementing decisions issued by investigating judges or courts with jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the investigation committee in cases. Corruption, according to the law, and it has arrested a number of officials. However, the committee is facing charges of impartiality and "unfair" handling of corruption files, which has resulted in restricting its work.


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