International experts in Baghdad to track smuggled funds… “Corruption kingpins” on the arrest list
International experts in Baghdad to track smuggled funds… “Corruption kingpins” on the arrest list
2026-08-10
Shafaq News – Baghdad
An informed source revealed on Monday that an international committee has arrived in Iraq, comprising a number of experts concerned with tracking smuggled or stolen funds, with the aim of supporting efforts to recover them in cooperation with official authorities.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that an international committee comprising American experts and others of different foreign nationalities arrived in Baghdad a few days ago to support the anti-corruption team in tracking down stolen funds, indicating that the experts have knowledge of the movement of funds, especially the dollar, which helps to determine their paths and reveal the parties involved in stealing public money and the methods of smuggling it.
He added that the committee began its work with the aim of intensifying efforts to pursue those involved in stealing public money, noting that the coming period will witness the arrest of a number of those he described as “corruption whales,” stressing that the measures will not be limited to ministers, agents or directors-general, but will include key parties in the theft operations, which will be revealed in due course.
The source indicated that the “Dawn Campaign” to combat corruption is ongoing and will not stop until all those involved are exposed, noting that the funds recovered from some of those convicted of stealing them are subject to auditing and other technical procedures to determine their original source, in addition to subjecting them to the procedures of the State Treasury system.
For his part, Salam al-Zubaidi, a leader in the Victory Coalition, confirmed to Shafaq News Agency that the Iraqi government is cooperating with international bodies and committees with expertise in combating corruption and recovering funds, whether the international committee currently in Baghdad or other international committees, considering that this reflects the government’s keenness to recover public money and prosecute those involved in stealing and wasting it.
Al-Zubaidi added that Iraq is making efforts to cooperate with the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to arrest senior figures involved who hold previous political and governmental titles, including former ministers, stressing the continuation of “Operation Dawn” and the pursuit of those involved in financial corruption cases, regardless of their status.
He pointed out that “no one is exempt from the law and there is no immunity for the corrupt,” explaining that the integration of evidence of conviction and proof of the charge of stealing public money speeds up the procedures for arresting wanted persons, and that the next stage will reveal new people involved in financial corruption cases.
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