Ex-Iraq Official Slams Leaders over Graft
Iraq’s former anti-corruption chief slammed its leaders Monday, describing graft as “part of the struggle for power”, according to a report from AFP. Rahim Hassan al-Uqailee [Judge Rahim al-Akili;...
View ArticleIraq Recovers $116m from Saddam Officials
Iraq has recovered $116 million [139 billion Iraqi dinars] from bank accounts in France belonging to an official from ex-dictator Saddam Hussein’s regime, the country’s Commission on Integrity said in...
View ArticleParliament takes back Control over Integrity Commission
The Iraqi parliament took back control over the parliamentary Commission of Integrity from the Council of Ministers on Saturday. The majority of the members of parliament voted for the new committee...
View ArticleNew TOEFL Center at the Commission on Integrity
Over the next 18 months, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq will provide approximately $580,000 toward establishing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) center at the Commission on Integrity (COI)....
View ArticleIntegrity Commission Refers over 4,000 Cases to Courts
Iraq’s Commission of Integrity (CoI) reports that it referred 4,365 cases of suspected corruption to the courts in 2011. The number of individuals accused in those cases was 5,682. The statistics, made...
View ArticleRooting Out Corruption the Duty of All Honest Iraqis
The head of Iraq’s Integrity Commission, Judge Ala’a Jwad Hameed, has said that rooting out corruption is the duty of all honest Iraqis, and expressed his optimism for increased cooperation between...
View ArticleWhat’s the Real Reason for Shabibi’s Dismissal?
Perhaps the biggest story of recent days was the shock dismissal of the Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Sinan al-Shabibi, and the issuing of arrest warrants for him and many of his staff....
View ArticleSunni Endowment Official Arrested for Bribery
By John Lee. A team from Iraq’s Commission on Integrity (CoI) has arrested an official of the Sunni Endowment for taking bribes to from investors in return for the use of a property owned by the...
View ArticleIntegrity 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...
View ArticleHead 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...
View ArticleIraq 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...
View ArticleIntegrity 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,...
View Article190 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...
View ArticleArson Epidemic Linked to Corruption Investigations
In Iraq almost all official records are kept on paper. So what better way to kill the paper trail that corruption investigators are tracking, than burn the evidence? A rash of fires inside government...
View ArticleIntegrity Commission Demands Sacking of Haj Chairman
The Deputy Chairman of Iraq’s Integrity Commission had demanded Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki sack the Chairman of the Haj (Pilgrimage) Commission, Mohammed Taqi al-Moula, following charges of...
View ArticleAl-Shahristani to Answer Questions on Fraudulent Electricity Deals
Hussein al-Shahristani (pictured), Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, will be summoned to parliament after the Eid al-Fitr holiday to answer questions about two fraudulent ministry of electricity contracts...
View ArticleEx-Iraq Official Slams Leaders over Graft
Iraq's former anti-corruption chief slammed its leaders Monday, describing graft as "part of the struggle for power", according to a report from AFP. Rahim Hassan al-Uqailee [Judge Rahim al-Akili;...
View ArticleIraq Recovers $116m from Saddam Officials
Iraq has recovered $116 million [139 billion Iraqi dinars] from bank accounts in France belonging to an official from ex-dictator Saddam Hussein's regime, the country's Commission on Integrity said in...
View ArticleParliament takes back Control over Integrity Commission
The Iraqi parliament took back control over the parliamentary Commission of Integrity from the Council of Ministers on Saturday. The majority of the members of parliament voted for the new committee...
View ArticleNew TOEFL Center at the Commission on Integrity
Over the next 18 months, the U.S. Embassy in Iraq will provide approximately $580,000 toward establishing the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) center at the Commission on Integrity (COI)....
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