Iraq announces the recovery of more than $ 18 billion and refer the minister to justice

Iraq announces the recovery of more than $ 18 billion and refer the minister to justice

Friday - 9 Jumada II 1437 e - March 18 2016 

Baghdad: Hamza Mustafa

Integrity Commission in Iraq announced that recovered more than a billion dollars of Iraqi funds smuggled abroad during 2015 , with the referral of about 18 and a former minister and now to the judiciary.

The head of the Integrity Commission Hassan Yassiri during a press conference held yesterday in Baghdad that «public funds by the Commission retrieved and issued rulings retrieved, totaling about $ 69 billion ». The Yasiri saying: « the total amount will be for all public funds after the transfer the amount in Iraqi dinars, and exceeds trillion and 169 billion and 306 million Iraqi dinars». He also announced the referral of 3955 , accusing the Iraqi judiciary over the past year in 2015, and «among the suspects transferred to the 18 ministers or eliminate the rank of minister, where he was issued against them 32 decision to refer».

He explained that « the work of the Integrity Commission stopped in the provinces that are under the control of the organization Daash a Nineveh, Anbar and Salah al - Din, as well as the work of integrity does not extend the provinces of Kurdistan region of Iraq. »

and on referred to the elimination of criminal cases, Yasiri said was« 13015 issue », adding that« 8387 issue under the supervision of the judicial investigation, while in 2540 the issue was referred to the misdemeanors court or the criminal to take their way to power », indicating that« the 3326 issue closed by the competent integrity issues courts ».

and on the defendants , who referred them« integrity »to the competent judiciary, President of the Commission said that« the number of defendants referred to the trial court, reached 3955 , accusing , including 18 ministers , or who are the rank of minister and released 32 of their right to refer the decision », indicating that« the number of ministers for the 18 ministers who are currently in service and former in the previous two sessions ». He said that the unforeseen criminal cases by the judiciary may take a year or two in the circles of the judiciary, while the report of the Commission includes the funds conducted by the Commission in flagrante delicto tuning operations, and through the information provided to the relevant operations disciple investigation bodies.

Among Yasiri that « integrity »carried out the tuning process 68 in 2015; 16 of them in the achievement of the Directorate of Baghdad, and 52 process by the departments and offices for investigation of« fair »in the provinces, and the number of defendants Almtalpsin 109 suspects red - handed with a large number of criminal proofs.