Baghdad: The Federal Integrity Commission revealed new developments in the extradition of the defendants wanted in the case of stealing tax deposits “Theft of the Century”.

The Head of the Commission, Judge Haider Hanoun, said in a statement to the National Iraqi News Agency / NINA /, that “the file of the tax deposit theft case is still currently in the custody of the investigative court specialized in corruption cases “the Anti-Corruption Criminal Investigation Court”, and the Commission has achieved an important development under the auspices of Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, as we are currently approaching the extradition of two of the most dangerous defendants in this crime, from one of the countries and we are currently working on the procedures for their extradition.”

He explained that “one of the defendants stole more than 2600 billion dinars, and the other defendant stole about 500 billion dinars.”

He added, “There are procedures that delay the recovery process, and therefore the Prime Mi
nister personally intervened in the matter, and is striving with his great effort to overcome obstacles and facilitate the recovery process,” indicating that “the Commission will officially announce the new judicial and investigative developments in the theft of tax deposits, after we were able to recover these two accused soon, and this will be a strengthening and supportive victory for the judiciary’s efforts in investigating to uncover the case of the theft of tax deposits, and the judiciary will issue its fair ruling in this case, which will be a victory in fighting corruption and deterring the corrupt.”

Judge Hanoun confirmed that “the Commission is working diligently to recover the smuggled money outside Iraq through memoranda of understanding with other countries,” noting that “there are countries that do not return the money without us reaching common understandings with them, and there is no pressure on those countries to return the money to Iraq without memoranda of cooperation and common understan
ding, and giving Iraq more space in those countries to search for its money and recover the accused.”

Source: National Iraqi News Agency