The Iraqi commission on public integrity, the main function of which is to combat corruption, announced today the issuance of warrants for the arrest of 997 officers, 53 of whom occupy senior positions. On this Wednesday, May 27, reports BBC News.
The statement was followed soon after, left his post as Minister of Trade of Iraq, Abdul Salah Sudan. According to AFP, a statement on the resignation of the Minister filed in connection with the charges against him for the purchase of overseas bad sugar and a series of illegal transactions. In addition, Sabani indulgence impute corruption in the Ministry of Trade.
Currently, the Department transferred control of himself, Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki, who expressed his firm intention to start a new phase in the fight against corruption in his government. On Thursday at the parliament held a hearing at which it is decided, whether to institute against the former head of Ministry of Trade criminal case.
According to the Commission, beginning in April on charges of corruption in Iraq have been arrested 120 officials.
In 2008, the international organization Transparency International released a top-level corruption in the countries of the world in which Iraq got a place among the ten most disadvantaged countries.
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