Shafaq News- Baghdad
Investigations into detained Oil Ministry Undersecretary forRefining Affairs Adnan Al-Jumaili led authorities to seize 13 billion Iraqidinars (about $9.92 million) and $400,000 hidden at several locations inSaladin province, Dhiaa Jaafar, the senior judge at Baghdad’s Second KarkhInvestigation Court, said on Wednesday.
Authorities also confiscated 40 gold bars weighing onekilogram each and gold jewelry weighing five kilograms. Jaafar noted thatinvestigators continue to trace the proceeds of the alleged crimes and identifyothers involved in the case.
The investigation into Al-Jumaili has continued for morethan a month and implicated lawmakers and officials arrested across Baghdad,including in the Green Zone, under the government’s Dawn Crackdown campaign. The campaign later led to the seizure of billions of Iraqi dinars, millions ofUS dollars, gold jewelry, and bullion from homes and farms belonging to Iraqiofficials and politicians.
Last week, an Iraqi government source told Shafaq News thatpreliminary settlements with people convicted of corruption could recover about10 trillion dinars ($7.6 billion) through the return of stolen funds andconfiscation of assets acquired with public money.
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