Shafaq News-Baghdad
Iraq's DawnCrackdown (Sawlat al-Fajr) anti-corruption campaign will extend to ministers,directors-general, current and former lawmakers, and provincial governors inits next phase, to be carried out in more than three batches, MP Abdullahal-Khaigani told Shafaq News on Monday.
Prime MinisterAli al-Zaidi, Supreme Judicial Council President Faiq Zaidan, and the securityforces executing the operations have agreed to pursue corrupt figures withouttargeting any political group at the expense of another, al-Khaigani said. Theoperations will cover all Iraqi provinces.
Inside theinvestigation, a senior government source told Shafaq News that the detaineesheld under the Dawn Crackdown are being questioned daily under strict secrecymeasures that bar visits from political parties, lawyers, and outside contacts.
Specializedteams from the Anti-Corruption Court and the Federal Integrity Commissionoversee the process. The measures are intended to prevent leaks that couldallow suspects to flee the country, conceal evidence, or influence proceedings.
Legalprocedures for a second phase are already complete, covering corruption filesin the health, oil, and electricity ministries, and tracing funds, properties,and investment projects linked to officials in the United States, Europe, and Turkiye. A new list of accused individuals is being prepared alongside a review of anillicit enrichment bill.
The FederalIntegrity Commission confirmed that arrest warrants are being executed inaccordance with the law and under judicial supervision. New files that mayimplicate additional figures continue to be opened, judicial sources said, aspart of broader efforts to recover public funds and pursue suspects inside andoutside Iraq.
The arrestcampaign launched at dawn on June 28, targeting political officials, lawmakers,and businessmen. Al-Zaidi described it during a Council of Ministers session asthe first phase of broader measures to recover public funds, tasking oversightbodies with receiving indications of corruption or negligence across stateinstitutions. On Saturday, he called on Iraqis to report corruption anddirected that financial rewards be paid to informants.
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