Shafaq News- Al-Diwaniyah
Three former and current seniorofficials from Iraq's Al-Diwaniyah Municipality were detained early Saturday in ananti-corruption operation, a source told Shafaq News.
The Falcons Intelligence Cell,accompanied by a team from Iraq's Federal Commission of Integrity, arrestedformer Al-Diwaniyah Municipality directors Ali Rahman and Hatif Suwaid, along withthe municipality's current projects director, Ali Aflouk.
Authorities, according to thesource, continue to pursue others suspected of involvement in allegedcorruption cases linked to the municipality, including investigations intoalleged "ghost projects" and irregularly issued checks worth hundredsof millions of Iraqi dinars.
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