CoI: We issued arrest warrants for wanted individuals, including the Finance Minister of the former government and the former intelligence chief

INA-  Baghdad

The head of the Commission of Integrity CoI, Haider Hanoun, announced on Sunday the issuance of arrest warrants against wanted individuals, including the minister of Finance of the former government and the private secretary of the former prime minister and the head of the former intelligence service, while pointing out that the acquisition of each one of those wanted in the theft of the century is not less than 100 billion dinars, he confirmed the imminent recovery of one of them from Saudi Arabia.
 
Hanoun said at a press conference attended by the reporter of the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the prime minister is keen for the citizen to have a role in fighting corruption," pointing out that "the issue of theft of tax guarantees is the biggest corruption issue mixed with treason.
 
"The stay of those involved in the theft of tax guarantees outside the bars will not continue," he explained, pointing to the issuance of the warning signs for The Wanted, who are the former head of the intelligence service, the minister of Finance of the former government, the private secretary of the former prime minister, as well as the former political adviser to the former prime minister.
 
He pointed out that" efforts are continuing to recover the most wanted from the UAE, namely Hamdiya Al-Jaf, Nourse Abdul Razzaq and Mohammed Hadi, "praising"the great cooperation of Judge Dhiaa Jaafar for his great cooperation in the anti-corruption campaign.

"It is a crime to assign a thief a public job, and we are trying to put pressure on some countries to recover those accused of corruption," he said, calling on the United States, Britain and the United Arab Emirates to extradite the fugitive individuals.

In response to a question from the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the head of the integrity commission stated that "red notices have been organized against the accused, which are international arrest warrants, as the procedures have been completed by the Arab and international police," stressing "follow-up with Interpol.

"The crime is a thorny one and involved institutions from the prime minister's office, the intelligence and tax service, Rafidain Bank, one of them from the integrity commission, the Money Laundering Office, the private sector, private banks and defendants of other nationalities, “he added.
"The crime is large and the number of defendants in it exceeds 48 defendants," he said, adding, "We will complete the procedures and announce them.