The Iraqi government said in an emergency statement yesterday that it has returned the second batch of IQD 134,455,600,000 stolen from the al-Rafidain Bank by the Tax Secretariat.
The statement stated that “in direct engagement with Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani and in cooperation with the Supreme Judicial Council, the integrity authorities continue to return funds associated with tax secretariats that were seized as part of what is known like (theft of the century).
The statement stressed that “operations to recover funds and search for wanted persons continue under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister as part of a government program that puts the fight against corruption at the forefront.”
And the Iraqi government announced more than a month ago that a group of Iraqi companies managed to embezzle more than three trillion 700 billion Iraqi dinars (two billion 500 million dollars) from the secretariats of the General Revenue Office deposited with the government. The Al-Rafidain Bank and the Iraqi special services managed to detain a person involved in this criminal process.
