“Iraqi-American” judicial negotiations to extradite those accused of “theft of the century”
“Iraqi-American” judicial negotiations to extradite those accused of “theft of the century”
2023-08-31 03:21
Shafaq News/ The Parliamentary Integrity Committee revealed, on Thursday, negotiations that the Iraqi judiciary is conducting with its American counterpart to arrest those accused of the “deal of the century”.
The deputy head of the committee, Alia Nassif, told Shafaq News agency, “There is a move by the Iraqi Integrity and Judicial Commission, in coordination with the International Police, Interpol, for the purpose of arresting people accused of stealing tax secretaries, which was called the deal of the century.”
She added, “The Iraqi judiciary is conducting negotiations with its American counterpart to arrest those accused of stealing the century with the aim of handing them over to Iraq and prosecuting them,” noting that “two of the defendants hold American citizenship.”
Earlier, the head of the Iraqi Integrity Commission, Judge Haider Hanoun, called on 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 the “theft of the century.” “.
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.
He also called on the UAE to hand over the political advisor to the Prime Minister in the previous government who is currently residing on its territory, and also called on the State of Turkey to extradite a wanted man and his wife, who are former employees of the Federal Integrity Commission and 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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