Baghdad Head of the Federal Integrity Commission Haider Hanoun confirmed that the tax trust funds were present in Iraq and in Iraqi banks, and these amounts were recovered with the acceptance of the accused, Nour Zuhair.

In a televised statement, he said: The accused has real estate and companies, and integrity is working to estimate them, and most of them are among the stolen funds.

Hanoun added: There are many sums smuggled outside Iraq by the accused and the search is underway for the purpose of recovering them, noting that smuggling tax deposits funds outside Iraq was not easy and there are two private banks and personalities who all participated in smuggling it.

The head of the Federal Integrity Commission stressed that the government’s project is real to combat corruption, especially with the participation of the judiciary, and this will lead to fruitful results, explaining that the punishment of the accused will be according to the job they occupy, and that judiciary will be determined according to the law.

He pointed out that the government and the Integrity Commission have directed in this regard to recover the money and the accused after that.

He stressed: There is cooperation with many countries in which there are suspects who stole the money of the Iraqi people, and the government is seeking through all channels to recover the money, explaining that we seek by all means to recover the money of the Iraqi people.

The head of the Federal Integrity Commission pointed out that there are important parties in the previous government who facilitated the task of taking these funds out of Iraq, and they will be announced soon.

Source: National Iraqi News Agency