Zaidan Stresses The Importance Of Developing Investigation Procedures By Supervisory And Competent Authorities

Baghdad The head of the Supreme Judicial Council, Judge Faiq Zaidan, stressed the importance of developing

During the seminar of the complex financial crimes investigation program in Iraq, he said that the goal of the program to confront serious financial crimes in Iraq is to strengthen the procedures and work of investigative judges to deal with complex financial crimes investigations and lead them from a technical point of view, in close cooperation with colleagues from the investigation bodies represented by the Integrity Commission and the Oversight Bureau Finance and the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Office of the Central Bank and the relevant investigation directorates in the Ministry of Interior.

He explained that this project is the result of long discussions, as we have previously stressed the importance of developing investigation procedures by the supervisory and competent authorities.

He pointed out that anti-corruption efforts depend on the investigation body to present evidence and punish the perpetrators in a way that enhances the sovereignty of the state and the law, stressing that the Supreme Judicial Council strongly supports and participates in this project.

For his part, US Ambassador to Iraq Matthew Tueller stressed Iraq’s need for effective tools and policies to support the investigation of financial crimes and the prosecution of their perpetrators, because the motive behind the majority of these criminal crimes is personal enrichment at the expense of the Iraqi state and the people.

In a press conference held today on the occasion of the launch of the program to confront complex financial crimes in Iraq, the ambassador added that the US State Department is pleased to fund this evaluation, which was implemented by the United Nations Development Program to identify the reality of investigative capabilities in financial crimes in Iraq, as the evaluation helped to establish the training program, which has been instrumental in formulating financial investigative techniques guidelines for the benefit of judges and investigators.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency