An officer who received bribes repatriated by FCOI

INA-  Baghdad


The Federal Commission of Integrity FCOI  announced on Thursday that it was able to retrieve an officer from the Turkish authorities who was involved in receiving bribes in exchange for promises to hire citizens in the Ministry of Interior.
 
In a statement obtained by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), the Commission stated that “its efforts resulted in the recapture of the convict (Luqman Mohammed Suleiman) from the Turkish authorities,” noting that “he took money from some people; in exchange for promises to hire them in the Ministry of the Interior, when he worked ( a doctor officer) in the Directorate of Medical Affairs in the Ministry of the Interior.”
 
“The recovery of the convict came as a result of diligent efforts and regular follow-up with the concerned authorities, especially the Arab and International Police Directorate at the Ministry of Interior and the judicial authorities, especially the Public Prosecution Service and the Iraqi Intelligence Service, which resulted in the issuance of an international red notice and search broadcast against him, following which he was detained in Turkish territory, after coordination between the Arab and International Police Directorate and the Interpol office in the Turkish capital (Ankara),” it added.
 
The Commission praised the “high cooperation and collaboration with the Arab and International Police Directorate at the Ministry of Interior, the Public Prosecution Service and the Iraqi Intelligence Service, which led to the handover of the convict to the Iraqi authorities in custody from the airport in the Turkish capital Ankara to Baghdad International Airport, in preparation for his transfer and presentation to the competent judicial authorities.”
 
The Commission pointed out that “the Criminal Court specialized in hearing integrity cases had previously issued an absentee verdict against him, sentencing him to seven years in prison, based on the provisions of Resolution (160 of 1983), as amended.”