Tag Archives | Integrity Commission

190 Dept of Labour Employees Investigated

General Inspector’s office at Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs said 190 employees, including four directors, will be investigated on charges of financial corruption. The Integrity Commission will investigate the allegations and if they find sufficient evidence the employees will be sent to court, General Inspector Hammed al-Zaidi, told AKnews. All are suspected of 'money […]

Integrity Commission Issues $1.4m in Fines

Iraq’s Integrity Commission announced on Sunday that 479 people convicted of fraud were required to return 1.7 billion Iraqi dinars [$1.4 million] to the State Treasury. “The number of persons, convicted by special courts at the investigation offices in Baghdad and other Iraqi provinces, have reached 479 persons, most of them in Baghdad and Thi-Qar […]

Iraq Probes Corruption in Military Deal

A member of Iraq's Integrity Committee, Aliya Nassif confirmed on Wednesday that the committee is investigating possible financial corruption in a deal by the previous government's Defense Ministry to buy military equipment from Serbia. Nassif told AKnews that the Ministry of Defense in the former government had contracted with Serbia to buy arms for the […]

Head of Iraq's SWAT Team Arrested for Corruption

The commander of Iraq's rapid response force has been arrested on suspicion of corruption. According to a report from Reuters, Brigadier General Numan Dakhil was caught during a sting operation in which he was filmed taking a $50,000 bribe from a contractor. Sabah al-Saedi, a member of the Integrity Committee, said that Brigadier General Numan […]

Integrity Commission Names Most Corrupt Ministries

The Parliamentary Integrity Commission revealed on Sunday the most corrupt government ministries, indicating that they are currently investigating the cases and that more details will follow. Bahaa al-Aaraji, the chairman of the committee told AKnews that the most corrupt ministries are those of health, trade, defense, sports and youth, as well as the Secretariat of […]