FCOI : We will announce corruption files involving senior characters

INA-  Baghdad

The head of the Federal Commission of Integrity-FCOI , Judge Haider Hanoun, confirmed on Friday that the files held by the commission include senior characters, pointing out that the commission is working on all corruption files.

Hanoun said in a statement to the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that "the commission will submit next Sunday its annual report on the achievements of the integrity commission for the year 2023 and each of the directors of the commission will release the achievements of his department”.

He pointed out that "the integrity commission is not only an investigative department, but multiple and large departments and specializations, and stands on the responsibility of combating corruption from the beginning to the end as procedures, investigative files, prevention, disclosure of financial assets of officials, transparency and cooperation with investigative journalism”.

Hanoun added that" the existing files include senior characters, and the commission is working on all corruption files", stressing "holding the corrupt at this stage to the utmost accountability”.

"The commission completes the files of corruption and evidence and sends them to the judiciary, and the investigating judge handles the file after the file turns into a criminal case supervised by the investigating judge, and then the permission is taken from the investigating judge, referral, conviction or recruitment, all of are judicial rulings we are working on "he added.