Judges and security leaders meet to address the “manipulation” of the value of the dinar and to prosecute those involved
Judges and security leaders meet to address the “manipulation” of the value of the dinar and to prosecute those involved
2023-07-31 04:24
Shafaq News/ On Monday, Iraqi judges and security leaders held a meeting at the headquarters of the Supreme Judicial Council to put in place mechanisms to deal with “manipulating” the value of the Iraqi dinar and prosecute those involved.
A statement of the Supreme Judicial Council received by Shafaq News agency stated, “The meeting included the head of the Public Prosecution Service, the head of the Judicial Supervision Authority, the senior investigative judges of the second and third Karkh Investigation Courts, and the Rusafa Investigation Court, which is specialized in cases of integrity and economic crime, in addition to the head of the National Security Agency and an undersecretary. Minister of the Interior for Intelligence Affairs.
During the meeting, they discussed the best ways and mechanisms to address the phenomenon of manipulation of the value of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar, in a way that ensures limiting it and prosecuting those involved in it in accordance with the laws in force, according to the statement.
Today, Monday, the Supreme Judicial Council announced the arrest of suspects carrying out suspicious banking activities.
He pointed out that “the defendants admitted that they had taken companies to do business as a cover to smuggle currency out of Iraq, and these companies were raided in separate areas of Baghdad, and sums of money estimated at fifteen million dollars were seized and deposited with the central bank after the Anti-Money Laundering Office submitted its reports that included the existence of Suspicions of money laundering by monopolizing the dollar currency in this way.
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