90% of the customs officials are corrupt
90% of the customs officials are corrupt
27/10/2016 12:33
BAGHDAD / Center Brief National NNC- said Finance Committee member Haitham al-Jubouri, said that 90% of the customs officials paid bribes they are corrupt, revealing that the corruption of customs wasted $ 4 billion annually.
He said al-Jubouri, in a press statement that “the central bank sells in a year (35-40) billion dollars, to cover imports traders, the sale of the center as well as directly as $ 5 billion in cash to citizens to cover travel and treatment missions, Hajj and Umrah, medicines, and that the tax 3% and suppose that the customs in less cases is 10%, which total 13%, conclude that Iraq his income from tax and customs is estimated at $ 5 billion, but what goes into the state budget from two economists implementing less than a billion dollars; because of corruption in customs. ”
He pointed out that “in recent hosting of the head of the Customs Service said that 90% of the customs officers are corrupt, we told him is the staff, he said: Even if we changed staff Satlut new employees; because of the corrupt system in which they operate customs,” pointing out that “Customs officials are getting from (2000-3000) dollar a day illegally. ”
The MP for the Virtue Party MP Jamal al-Muhammadawi, earlier, that there are suspicions of corruption within the border crossing points, calling for financial supervision and public prosecution audits and investigations.
From: Mohamed Tayeb
nnciq.com
