Iraq, UN talk about ways to work together internationally to recover smuggled money

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21-02-2025, 11:48

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INA- BAGHDAD

The head of the Federal Integrity Commission, Mohammed Ali al-Lami, discussed on Friday with the United Nations the mechanism of international cooperation to recover smuggled funds.

The Integrity Commission said in a statement obtained by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), “The head of the Integrity Commission, Mohammed Ali al-Lami, discussed with the Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ghulam Mohammad Ishaqzai, the mechanism of international cooperation to recover smuggled funds.”

“Corruption is a cross-border crime that needs international cooperation to curb it,” said the head of the Integrity Commission Mohammed Ali al-Lami during the meeting, according to the statement.

For his part, the Deputy Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ghulam Mohammad Ishaqzai, expressed his readiness to “overcome the obstacles that prevent Iraq from recovering its smuggled funds.”