Iraq submits a proposal to establish an electronic portal for international recovery files

Baghdad-INA
 
The head of The Federal Integrity Commission -FCOI, Alaa Jawad Al-Saadi, presented on Monday, a proposal to establish an electronic portal to prepare international recovery files, while criticizing countries that refrain from cooperating with the file of recovering convicts and smuggled assets.
 
A statement of FCOI received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "The head of the Integrity Commission, Alaa Jawad Al-Saadi, headed the Iraqi delegation to the 13th Implementation Review Group of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), held in the Austrian capital Vienna for the period from 13-17 June from current year".
 
Al-Saadi affirmed, "Iraq's response to the requirements to join the United Nations Convention since its accession in 2007," noting that "Iraq has responded to many of the requirements for accession by forming anti-corruption bodies, enacting laws that address this scourge and developing constructive policies for that, as well as deterrent and injunctive means."
 
Al-Saadi continued, "Several teams of government experts were formed, in order to carry out the review process stipulated in the agreement, the last of which was the group of experts formed under the ministerial order (Q.T. 10/14/934 on February 17, 2022), The first session related to chapters (third and fourth) of the agreement has been completed and Iraq has been provided with the executive summary of the response.
 
He explained, "Iraq is adhering to its commitments regarding chapters (second and fifth), as the final answers have been sent to the United Nations, and the comments of the State of Cameroon have been received on them," noting that "Iraq is awaiting an answer  of (Nioe Islands), and the follow-ups are still ongoing.”
 
The head of the Integrity Commission referred to "Iraq's preventive measures to prevent corruption, explaining that the financial and administrative sector has been reformed using e-governance, especially in the tax and customs sectors, ensuring that the citizen does not interact with the employee, which resulted in a significant increase in government revenues and curbing bribery crimes, electronic procedures were also adopted to obligate those charged with submitting a disclosure of the financial interests of those in positions, the mechanism of investigation and investigation, and to audit the information provided, all through an electronic program, in which we were keen on the security and confidentiality of information circulation, and in which we were able to reach cases of money inflation and conflict of interests."