Basra: The Federal Integrity Commission announced on Tuesday the arrest of three suspects in Basra.

According to National Iraqi News Agency, the Commission stated that a team formed in the Basra Investigation Directorate successfully conducted an operation leading to the arrest of an official from the Basra Treasury Directorate. This official was found possessing 18 original transactions, real estate deeds, and live signatures for various areas amounting to several dunams in the district, alongside the original department seal. Additionally, he held the seal of a surveyor from the Real Estate Registration Office. The surveyor was subsequently arrested after evidence of his involvement with the first suspect was established.

In another operation, the team executed a well-coordinated ambush resulting in the capture of a lawyer caught accepting a bribe of four million dinars. This bribe was intended to halt the investigation into charges against a complainant, under the false pretense of having connections with a commission investigator.

Two formal arrest reports were prepared and submitted, along with the accused individuals and seized items, to the Basra investigating judge specializing in integrity and money laundering cases. The judge ordered their detention under the provisions of Resolution 160 of 1983.