Iraq is asking America and Britain to hand over the director of Al-Kazemi’s office, intelligence chief and former finance minister

Iraq is asking America and Britain to hand over the director of Al-Kazemi’s office, intelligence chief and former finance minister

2023-08-06 01:38

Shafaq News/ The head of the Iraqi Integrity Commission, Judge Haider Hanoun, called, on Sunday, the United States of America and the United Kingdom to extradite the director of the office of the former Prime Minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, the head of the intelligence service, and the former Minister of Finance for their involvement in the case of theft of tax secretariats, what is known in the media as “theft”. Century”.

Judge Hanoun said in a press conference held today in the capital, Baghdad, that “the issue of tax secretariats is the largest corruption case discovered for this day, and it has the peculiarity of being a corruption crime mixed with treason because what is revealed from its events is that its aim is not only to steal public money, but it was one of its goals.” Weakening citizens’ confidence in the state, its institutions, and those in charge of it.

He added, “The issue of theft of tax secretariats will not die, and we say to the perpetrators of this crime: Do not bet on time, as the passage of days has not forgotten us about the crime, and it will remain in the daily memory of the people, and likewise your stay outside the bars enjoying the stolen Iraqi money will not last long, and we will take all means until We can execute the arrest warrants issued against you, secure your appearance before a fair judiciary, and recover the stolen money from you.”

Hanoun called on the countries whose nationalities are wanted in the case of the theft of tax secretariats, those who are fleeing to them, and those who are sheltered in them, to enable the Federal Integrity Commission and the Directorate of Arab and International Police in the Ministry of Interior to reach them, and to cooperate in the field of recovering them and recovering the money they stole in order to secure their appearance before the Iraqi judiciary. to complete the investigation and judicial procedures against them.

The Iraqi judge also referred to the organization of red notices for those wanted: the director of the office of the Prime Minister, the head of the intelligence service in the previous government headed by Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, as well as the private secretary in the previous government, and they hold American citizenship.

He also noted the organization of the red notice for the wanted, the Minister of Finance in the previous government that was headed by Al-Kazemi, and he holds British citizenship, stressing that these are among the main suspects in the case.

The head of the Integrity Commission called on the relevant authorities in the United States of America and the United Kingdom to implement the arrest warrants issued against them in accordance with the provisions of Article 316 of the amended Iraqi Penal Code No. 111 of 1969.

Judge Hanoun expressed his hope that the two countries would cooperate in extraditing the aforementioned wanted and accused, and would prove their support for the Republic of Iraq in the field of combating corruption and preventing its spread, and recovering the wanted persons and the stolen money in word and deed.

The head of the Integrity Commission called on the United Arab Emirates to hand over the political advisor to the Prime Minister in the previous government who is currently residing on its territory, saying: It has not been proven to us that he has a foreign nationality.

Judge Hanoun called on the State of Turkey to extradite a wanted man and his wife, who are former employees of the Federal Integrity Commission, and they hold Turkish citizenship.

And last October, the “theft of the century” case was revealed for the first time, in which former senior officials and businessmen were involved, and it sparked great discontent in Iraq, which in recent years has witnessed massive protests calling for an end to corruption.

The “theft of the century” became the talk of the Iraqi street, political circles, and others, until its echo spread outside Iraq and was covered by Arab and Western media.

The “theft of the century” is represented by the disappearance of 3.7 trillion Iraqi dinars (about two and a half billion dollars) from tax secretariat funds, and it was revealed by several concerned parties about two months before the end of the term of the previous government headed by Mustafa Al-Kazemi.

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