22/4/2015
Finance Committee revealed in the Iraqi parliament for the country's loss of about $ 360 billion, due to corruption and money-laundering operations, held for 9 years prior, in the period between 2006 and 2014, in which former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ruled the country, while specialists student referral Maliki to eliminate on charges of theft and waste of public money.
He said the Finance Committee in the Iraqi parliament member Haidar Massoud, in a press conference in Baghdad, said that "Iraq's imports from the sale of oil since 2006 until 2014, amounted to about $ 550 billion, and 60% of that amount, or about $ 360 billion, was sold in currency auction in Baghdad, organized by the Central Bank of Iraq, and was transferred out of the country by civil companies and banking offices in mysterious circumstances. "
Masood added that Iraq these funds lost due to corruption and money laundering, where the eligibility of banks bought the currency and transferred abroad under the pretext of buying goods and the goods do not reach them to Iraq only a little, and any investment returns does not appear on the reality of the Iraqi service. "
He pointed out that a person is unknown powered by the previous government, has purchased foreign currency from the auction and the transfer of $ 550 million dollars out of the country within one year, as an example of operations of corruption in the country.
And actions taken by the Commission against corruption, Masood said he will form a committee to follow up the money laundering and smuggling operations abroad, stressing that the stop manipulation would raise the value of the Iraqi dinar against the dollar.
For her part, member of the Finance Committee parliamentary Nora Albjara, said that "there is a great waste of public money and corruption that afflict thousands of projects, and we are working in the Parliament on the follow-up Where did these billions?", Noting that "the Iraqi currency exchange rate was suffering from low against the dollar ".
She added that "the Commission will follow up the work of the Central Bank and the amounts of money that are sold, in addition to the follow-up work of the government and private banks that sell large quantities of the dollar", noting that the stop currency manipulation will contribute significantly to the decline in the dollar rate against the dinar. "
On: Wednesday 04/22/2015 10:27
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