Al-Sudani transfers the director of investigations into the “billion theft” and agrees to the resign

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[size=52]Al-Sudani transfers the director of investigations into the “billion theft” and agrees to the resignation of Al-Najjar[/size]

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[size=45]On Sunday, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Muhammad Shia Al-Sudani, decided to transfer the Director General of Investigations in the Integrity Commission out of the Commission for his negligence regarding the theft of tax funds. He also agreed to request the resignation of the head of the Investment Commission, Suha Al-Najjar.[/size]
[size=45]And at the end of last month, the security forces arrested one of the heads accused of stealing $2.5 billion from the funds of the Tax Authority's trusts in the Rafidain Bank.[/size]
[size=45]This theft constituted the largest financial corruption scandal to shake Iraq, while the Iraqi authorities rushed to open an investigation into the theft, which once again shed light on the rampant corruption in the country.[/size]
[size=45]And the Iraqi government stated in a statement that Al-Sudani decided to “transfer the Director General of Investigations in the Integrity Commission out of the commission” due to his negligence in the commission’s procedures related to the file of tax trusts, according to the results of the competent investigation committee.[/size]
[size=45]The statement stated that the Iraqi Prime Minister decided to refer the minutes of the investigation in this case to the competent courts to take the required legal measures.[/size]
[size=45]A document issued by the General Tax Authority, seen by Kurdistan 24, indicates that the stolen amounts were withdrawn between January and August.[/size]
[size=45]The authorities say that the sums were transferred to the accounts of five different companies using dozens of checks, and then withdrawn from the accounts in cash. The local media circulated the names of a number of people they said were accused of theft, including Nour Zuhair Jassem, who was recently arrested.[/size]
[size=45]In another matter, Al-Sudani accepted the resignation request submitted by the head of the National Investment Commission, Suha Al-Najjar, according to a separate statement.[/size]
[size=45]The Investment Authority has previously denied Al-Najjar's resignation. read more.[/size]
[size=45]The statement stated that Al-Sudani authorized the Vice-President of the Investment Authority, Salar Muhammad Amin, to run the affairs of the authority temporarily. The statement gave no further details.[/size]
[size=45]This step comes among other measures taken by Al-Sudani in an attempt, which he said, aims to stop the waste of public money. His decisions included canceling most of the Diwaniyah orders taken by the caretaker government.[/size]
[size=45]A few days ago, Al-Sudani said that his government was seeking to take “preventive measures” to curb corruption in the country, and pointed out that he does not care about any “red lines” towards the corruption of any political figure.[/size]
[size=45]Corruption represents the most prominent challenge facing the newly formed Sudanese government, after a political crisis that exceeded a year and cast a shadow over the economic situation in the country.[/size]
[size=45]Iraq, which has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, ranks 169 out of 180 in the Transparency International Corruption Index.[/size]
[size=45]Successive federal governments were unable to put an end to corruption at a time when Al-Sudani began a difficult task to end the squandering of public money, but he still faces many challenges.[/size]
[size=45]Despite repeated protests, since the fall of the previous regime nearly two decades ago, corruption continues to strike its core in various government institutions.[/size]
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